M-Theory Origin of Mirror Symmetry in Three Dimensional Gauge Theories

Abstract

We present M-theory compactifications on $K_3\times K_3$ with membranes near the $A_n$ or $D_n$ singularities of the $K_3$ spaces. By realizing each of these compactifications in two different ways as type I' models with 2- and 6-branes, we explain the three-dimensional duality between gauge theories recently found by Intriligator and Seiberg. We also find new pairs of dual gauge theories, which we briefly describe.

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