Threebranes in F-theory

Abstract

This is a PhD thesis submitted to the University of the witwatersrand. The PhD focusses on the computation of non-holomorphic corrections and the study of monopole solutions in N=2 SUSY Yang Mills theories from the perspective of threebranes in F-theory.

Phd. Thesis, accepted by the University of the Witwatersrand. 126 pages

References in corpus (28)

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• Dirichlet-Branes and Ramond-Ramond Charges
• The Holographic Bound in Anti-de Sitter Space
• TASI Lectures on D-Branes
• D-Branes and Dual Gauge Theories in Type 0 String Theory
• Lectures on D-branes
• New Type IIB Vacua and their F-Theory Interpretation
• Introduction to Seiberg-Witten Theory and its Stringy Origin
• Nonholomorphic Corrections to the One-Loop N=2 Super Yang-Mills Action
• String Junctions for Arbitrary Lie Algebra Representations
• Dual D-Brane Actions
• Open string - string junction transitions
• The Shape of Branes Pulled by Strings
• Multi-Instanton Calculus in N=2 Supersymmetric Gauge Theory II: Coupling to Matter
• Generalized Conformal Symmetry in D-Brane Matrix Models
• On N=2 Supersymmetric QCD with 4 Flavors
• Quantum Metamorphosis of Conformal Transformation in D3-Brane Yang-Mills Theory
• String Junctions and BPS States in Seiberg-Witten Theory
• Finite energy Dirac-Born-Infeld monopoles and string junctions
• Solution of N=2 Gauge Theories via Compactification to Three Dimensions
• Accelerating D-branes
• Non-holomorphic terms in N=2 SUSY Wilsonian actions and RG equation
• Attractors at weak gravity
• Some comments on $N=2$ supersymmetric Yang-Mills
• Results in susy field theory from 3-brane probe in F-theory
• Monopoles in Quantum Corrected N=2 Super Yang-Mills Theory
• Non-holomorphic Corrections from Threebranes in F Theory
• Monopole Dynamics in N=2 super Yang-Mills Theory From a Threebrane Probe