Brane Dynamics and Gauge Theory

Abstract

We review some aspects of the interplay between the dynamics of branes in string theory and the classical and quantum physics of gauge theories with different numbers of supersymmetries in various dimensions.

291 pages, 52 figures; expanded introduction and minor changes

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• Born-Infeld particles and Dirichlet p-branes
• Webs of (p,q) 5-branes, Five Dimensional Field Theories and Grid Diagrams
• Branes and Six Dimensional Supersymmetric Theories
• Black Holes and Solitons in String Theory
• Branes at Orbifolds versus Hanany Witten in Six Dimensions
• String Theory and Quark Confinement
• Branes and N=2 Theories in Two Dimensions
• Three-Pronged Strings and 1/4 BPS States in N=4 Super-Yang-Mills Theory
• Matrix Theory
• On the realization of chiral four-dimensional gauge theories using branes
• The Shape of Branes Pulled by Strings
• The Bekenstein Formula and String Theory (N-brane Theory)
• New Curves from Branes
• New Perspectives on Yang-Mills Theories With Sixteen Supersymmetries
• Brane Dynamics and Chiral non-Chiral Transitions
• BPS States and Minimal Surfaces
• Chiral Gauge Theories from D-Branes
• Branes, Orientifolds and Chiral Gauge Theories
• Monopole Condensation and Confining Phase of N=1 Gauge Theories Via M Theory Fivebrane
• Born-Infeld String as a Boundary Conformal Field Theory
• Brane-Waves and Strings
• String Creation and Heterotic-Type I' Duality
• (8,0) Quantum mechanics and symmetry enhancement in type I' superstrings
• Duality of Chiral N=1 Supersymmetric Gauge Theories via Branes
• On the M-Theory Approach to (Compactified) 5D Field Theories
• Classical M-Fivebrane Dynamics and Quantum N=2 Yang-Mills
• A Classical Manifestation of the Pauli Exclusion Principle
• Branes and Dynamical Supersymmetry Breaking
• Kahler Potential and Higher Derivative Terms from M Theory Fivebrane
• BPS Spectrum of 5 Dimensional Field Theories, (p,q) Webs and Curve Counting
• M Theory, Type IIA String and 4D N=1 SUSY SU(N_L) X SU(N_R) Gauge Theory
• N = 1 Field Theory Duality from M-theory
• The Coulomb Branch of N=2 Supersymmetric Product Group Theories from Branes
• M(ore) on Chiral Gauge Theories from D-Branes
• Duality in Sp and SO Gauge Groups from M Theory
• Gauge Fields and M-Fivebrane Dynamics
• M Theory Fivebrane and Confining Phase of N=1 $SO(N_c)$ Gauge Theories
• Confining Phase of N=1 $Sp(N_c)$ Gauge Theories via M Theory Fivebrane
• Supersymmetric Gauge Theories with Classical Groups via M Theory Fivebrane
• A note on discrete light cone quantization
• Two Dimensional Mirror Symmetry From M-theory
• A Proof of Brane Creation via M theory
• D0-Branes, Constrained Instantons and D=4 Super Yang-Mills Theories
• Softly Broken MQCD and the Theta Angle
• Superpotentials of N=1 Supersymmetric Gauge Theories from M-theory
• Geometrical Analysis of Brane Creation via M-Theory
• On the Baryonic Branch Root of N=2 MQCD
• N=(4,4) 2D Supersymmetric Gauge Theory and Brane Configuration
• Domain Wall in MQCD and Supersymmetric Cycles in Exceptional Holonomy Manifolds
• Matrix String Theory from Brane Configuration

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• One-loop one-point functions in gauge-gravity dualities with defects
• Global String Embeddings for the Nilpotent Goldstino
• Brane Brick Models in the Mirror
• The Hilbert Series of Adjoint SQCD
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• Aharony Dualities for 3d Theories with Adjoint Matter
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• Classifying bions in Grassmann sigma models and non-Abelian gauge theories by D-branes
• Penrose Limits of Orbifolds and Orientifolds
• Axion Monodromy Inflation on Warped Throats
• Brane Box Realization of Chiral Gauge Theories in Two Dimensions
• The Veneziano Limit of N=2 Superconformal QCD: Towards the String Dual of N=2 SU(N_c) SYM with N_f =2 N_c
• Non-perturbative F-terms across lines of BPS stability
• Branes and the Kraft-Procesi transition: classical case
• QCD Vacuum and Axions: What's Happening?
• M-theory Lift of Meta-Stable Brane Configuration in Symplectic and Orthogonal Gauge Groups
• The Backreaction of Anti-M2 Branes on a Warped Stenzel Space
• String Quantum Gravity, Lorentz-Invariance Violation and Gamma-Ray Astronomy
• Dualities for 3d Theories with Tensor Matter
• Type 0 Strings in a 2-d Black Hole
• Noncommutative Solitons and D-branes
• Nonabelian Phenomena on D-branes
• Osp(N|4) supermultiplets as conformal superfields on \partial AdS_4 and the generic form of N=2, D=3 gauge theories
• Fully Localized Brane Intersections - The Plot Thickens
• Seiberg-Witten Geometries Revisited
• (Anti)symmetric matter and superpotentials from IIB orientifolds
• Non-perturbative superpotentials across lines of marginal stability
• Noncommutative o*(N) and usp*(2N) algebras and the corresponding gauge field theories
• Holography and the Higgs branch of N=2 SYM theories
• Metastable Vacua, Geometrical Engineering and MQCD Transitions
• Evidence for Aharony duality for orthogonal gauge groups
• Holographic flavor on the Higgs branch
• The Stringy Quantum Hall Fluid
• Strings ending on branes from supergravity
• Multi-monopoles and Magnetic Bags
• Fractional instantons and bions in the O(N) model with twisted boundary conditions
• D-branes and SQCD in Non-Critical Superstring Theory
• Strings, Branes and Extra Dimensions
• Nonsupersymmetric Brane/Antibrane Configurations in Type IIA and M Theory
• (0,2) Dynamics From Four Dimensions
• On O(N_c) d=3 N=2 supersymmetric QCD Theories
• Quarter-BPS AdS5 solutions in M-theory with a T2 bundle over a Riemann surface
• On Heterotic Orbifolds, M Theory and Type I' Brane Engineering
• Brane bending and monopole moduli
• Towards Mass Deformed N=4 SO(n) and Sp(k) gauge configurations
• String Webs from Field Theory
• Supersymmetry Breaking and Gauge Mediation
• D-branes in Orbifold Singularities and Equivariant K-Theory
• R-charges, Chiral Rings and RG Flows in Supersymmetric Chern-Simons-Matter Theories
• Gauging Discrete Symmetries of $T_N$-theories in Five Dimensions
• Linear Quivers and N=1 SCFTs from M5-branes
• String duals of two-dimensional (4,4) supersymmetric gauge theories
• D-brane instantons and the effective field theory of flux compactifications
• N=1 Geometries via M-theory
• Holographic flavor in N=4 gauge theories in 3d from wrapped branes
• Moduli Space and Scattering of D0-Branes in Noncommutative Super Yang-Mills Theory
• D-Foam Phenomenology: Dark Energy, the Velocity of Light and a Possible D-Void
• Supergravity Solutions for Localized Intersections of Branes
• SDLCQ: Supersymmetric Discrete Light Cone Quantization
• Spacelike and Time Dependent Branes from DBI
• On four dimensional N=3 superconformal theories
• On non-commutative N=2 super Yang-Mills
• On SQCD with massive and massless flavors
• D-branes in non-critical superstrings and duality in N=1 gauge theories with flavor
• Generalized Hitchin system, Spectral curve and N=1 dynamics
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• Massless Flavor in Geometry and Matrix Models
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• Semi-simple group unification in the supersymmetric brane world
• Domain Wall Junctions in Supersymmetric Field Theories in D=4
• Bosonic D-Branes at Finite Temperature
• 5d fixed points from brane webs and O7-planes
• Duality and Confinement in N=1 Supersymmetric Theories from Geometric Transitions
• Branes at Orbifolded Conifold Singularities and Supersymmetric Gauge Field Theories
• Stable and Metastable Vacua in Brane Constructions of SQCD
• On the geometrization of matter by exotic smoothness
• More on Meta-Stable Brane Configuration
• Fractons and exotic symmetries from branes
• 3-manifold topology and the Donaldson-Witten partition function
• Supersymmetric Quantum Chromodynamics: How Confined Non-Abelian Monopoles Emerge from Quark Condensation
• One-loop Wilson loops and the particle-interface potential in AdS/dCFT
• Network of Domain Walls on Soliton Stars
• Complete factorization of equations of motion in Wess-Zumino theory
• Metastable Vacua and Complex Deformations
• Meta-Stable Brane Configuration of Product Gauge Groups
• Boundaries and Defects of N=4 SYM with 4 Supercharges, Part II: Brane Constructions and 3d N=2 Field Theories
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• Assessing a candidate IIA dual to metastable supersymmetry-breaking
• The N=2 cascade revisited and the enhancon bearings
• Formation of cosmological brane defects
• Monopole Quivers and new 3D N=2 dualities
• Solitons in Supersymmety Breaking Meta-Stable Vacua
• The Gauge/String Correspondence Towards Realistic Gauge Theories
• Mirror theories of 3d $\mathcal{N}=2$ SQCD
• Josephson instantons and Josephson monopoles in a non-Abelian Josephson junction
• More Meta-Stable Brane Configurations without D6-Branes
• Chiral Magnets from String Theory
• Non-Supersymmetric Seiberg Duality, Orientifold QCD and Non-Critical Strings
• Defect (p,q) Five-branes
• Seiberg duality as derived equivalence for some quiver gauge theories
• Circular Wilson loops in defect Conformal Field Theory
• Formation of monopoles and domain walls after brane inflation
• Meta-Stable Brane Configuration and Gauged Flavor Symmetry
• Supersymmetric Gauge Theories with Classical Groups via M Theory Fivebrane
• Holographic dual of hot Polchinski-Strassler quark-gluon plasma
• ABJ Wilson loops and Seiberg Duality
• Sphaleron glueballs in NBI theory with symmetrized trace
• Non-extremal Localised Branes and Vacuum Solutions in M-Theory
• On Sp(0) factors and orientifolds
• Holography, Singularities on Orbifolds and 4D N=2 SQCD
• Branes and fluxes in special holonomy manifolds and cascading field theories
• Defect structures in sine-Gordon-like models
• String Theory or Field Theory?
• Braids, 3-manifolds, elementary particles: number theory and symmetry in particle physics
• Orientifold dual for stuck NS5 branes
• D-brane solitons in various dimensions
• String theory and the 4D/3D reduction of Seiberg duality. A Review
• Brane Boxes: Bending and Beta Functions
• Integrable lattice spin models from supersymmetric dualities
• Twisted Bundles on Noncommutative $T^4$ and D-brane Bound States
• D-Terms and Supersymmetry Breaking from Branes
• Phases of N=1 USp(2N_c) Gauge Theories with Flavors
• On Uplifted SUSY-Breaking Vacua and Direct Mediation in Generalized SQCD
• Branes and Electric-Magnetic Duality in Supersymmetric QCD
• The Off-shell M5-brane and Non-Perturbative Gauge Theory
• Topological vertex for 6d SCFTs with ${\mathbb{Z}}_2$-twist
• Matrix Model Description of Baryonic Deformations
• Note about Static D1-brane in I-brane Background
• Quark-antiquark potential in defect conformal field theory
• SQCD Inflation & SUSY Breaking
• The Splitting of Branes on Orientifold Planes
• Spontaneous SUSY Breaking in Various Dimensions
• Discrete symmetries in the Kaluza-Klein-like theories
• A duality web of linear quivers
• Dynamical Vacuum Selection in String Theory
• Stepwise Projection: Toward Brane Setups for Generic Orbifold Singularities
• Meta-Stable Brane Configurations with Seven NS5-Branes
• On Algebraic Singularities, Finite Graphs and D-Brane Gauge Theories: A String Theoretic Perspective
• (Generalized) Conformal Quantum Mechanics of 0-Branes and Two-Dimensional Dilaton Gravity
• Wrapped Fivebranes Redux
• Dynamics of Probe Brane in the Background of Intersecting Fivebranes
• Instantonic Branes, Atiyah-Hirzebruch Spectral Sequence, and SL(2,Z) duality of N=4 SYM
• IIA Perspective On Cascading Gauge Theory
• Branes and Fluxes in Orientifolds and K-theory
• Leading low-energy effective action in $6D$, $\mathcal{N}=(1,1)$ SYM theory
• Off-shell M5 Brane, Perturbed Seiberg-Witten Theory, and Metastable Vacua
• Supersymmetry Breaking Vacua from M Theory Fivebranes
• Comments on (Non-)Chiral Gauge Theories and Type IIB Branes
• On the component structure of one-loop effective actions in $6D$, $\mathcal{N}=(1,0)$ and $\mathcal{N}=(1,1)$ supersymmetric gauge theories
• M-theory realization of a N=1 supersymmetric chiral gauge theory in four dimensions
• Flows between Dualities for 3d Chern-Simons Theories
• Superconformal Field Theory In Six Dimensions And Supertwistor
• QCD String as Vortex String in Seiberg-Dual Theory
• Gauged Linear Sigma Model with F-term for A-type ALE Space
• Dial M for Flavor Symmetry Breaking
• Perspective on completing natural inflation
• Phases of $\mathbf{U}({\mathbf{N}}_{\mathbf{c}})$ QCD${}_3$ from Type 0 Strings and Seiberg Duality
• 3d $\mathcal{N}=3$ Generalized Giveon-Kutasov Duality
• Brane Realization of Nambu Monopoles and Electroweak Strings
• Orientifold in Conifold and Quantum Deformation
• N=1 Theories, T-duality, and AdS/CFT correspondence
• RG limit cycles
• Precision "Measurements" of the $Q\bar{Q}$ Potential in MQCD
• N=(4,4) Gauged Linear Sigma Models for Defect Five-branes
• Discrete Gauge Symmetry and Aharonov-Bohm Radiation in String Theory
• Supersymmetry Projection Rules on Exotic Branes
• Deconstructing Defects
• Instanton Counting and Dielectric Branes
• Mass Spectrum in SQCD and Problems with the Seiberg Duality. Another Scenario
• Twistor Strings with Flavour
• Crosscap states in N=2 Liouville theory
• Nucleon decay in gauge unified models with intersecting D6-branes
• Exceptional N=1 Duality
• Other Meta-Stable Brane Configuration by Adding an Orientifold 6-Plane to Giveon-Kutasov
• Four-dimensional SYM probes in wrapped M5-brane backgrounds
• Low-energy $6D$, $\mathcal{N}=(1,1)$ SYM effective action beyond the leading approximation
• Higher-dimensional field theories from type II supergravity
• Orthosymplectic Superinstanton Counting and Brane Dynamics
• Three dimensional Seiberg-like duality and tropical cluster algebra
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• Holographic flavor in theories with eight supercharges
• The Geometry of SUSY Enhancement
• Vacua of N=1 Supersymmetric QCD from Spin Chains and Matrix Models
• Orientifolds in N=2 Liouville Theory and its Mirror
• Probing Orientifold Behavior Near NS Branes
• Effective Lagrangian for 3d N=4 SYM theories for any gauge group and monopole moduli spaces
• Supergravity backgrounds corresponding to D7 branes wrapped on Kahler manifolds
• SQCD Vacua and Geometrical Engineering
• Gravitino condensation in fivebrane backgrounds
• Exotic Brane Junctions from F-theory
• Seiberg Duality, Quiver Gauge Theories, and Ihara Zeta Function
• "Gauging" the Fluid
• Aspects of Supersymmetry in Multiple Membrane Theories
• More on Meta-Stable Brane Configuration by Quartic Superpotential for Fundamentals
• Dynamics of D-brane Black Holes
• On Superspace Chern-Simons-like Terms
• M-Theory Five-brane Wrapped on Curves for Exceptional Groups
• T-dualising the Deformed and Resolved Conifold
• Holographic flavor in the gauge/gravity duality
• A Note on Softly Broken MQCD
• Metastable Vacua in Deformed N=2 Supersymmetric Models
• Holographic MQCD
• Strongly coupled phases of $\mathcal{N}=1$ S-duality
• Comments on Quantum Higgs Vacua
• Monopoles in NBI-Higgs theory and Born-Infeld collapse
• Gauge Five-brane Solutions of Co-dimension Two in Heterotic Supergravity
• A Vector Non-abelian Chern-Simons Duality
• Dark matter in the KL moduli stabilization scenario with SUSY breaking sector from $\mathcal{N}=1$ SQCD
• Lectures on Strings, D-branes and Gauge Theories
• Aspects of Confinement and Screening in M theory
• Supersymmetry and DLCQ
• Duality and the Equivalence Principle of Quantum Mechanics
• Matching Exact Results and One-Instanton Predictions in N=2 Supersymmetric SU(N) Theories
• Hidden supersymmetry as a key to constructing low-energy superfield effective actions
• Affine connection representation of gauge fields
• Supersymmetric and non-supersymmetric Seiberg-like dualities for gauged Wess-Zumino-Witten theories, realised on branes
• The braneology of 3D dualities
• Meta-Stable Brane Configurations by Adding an Orientifold-Plane to Giveon-Kutasov
• A study of N =1 SCFT derived from N =2 SCFT: index and chiral ring
• Flavor Symmetry Breaking in Strongly Coupled N=1 Supersymmetric SO(N_c) Gauge Theory with N_f=N_c-2
• Meta-Stable Brane Configurations, Multiple NS5-Branes, and Rotated D6-Branes
• Quark confinement via magnetic color-flavor locking
• Super Yang-Mills, Matrix Models and Geometric Transitions
• On the Vacuum Structure of the 3-2 Model
• Meta-Stable Brane Configurations by Quartic Superpotential for Bifundamentals
• The invariant action for solitonic 5-branes
• Meta-Stable Brane Configurations with Multiple NS5-Branes
• Superstrings, Gauge Fields and Black Holes
• Strongly Coupled N=1 Supersymmetric SO(N_c) Gauge Theories without Magnetic Degrees of Freedom
• New Reflections on Gravitational Duality
• Fractional Dp-Branes with Transverse and Tangential Dynamics in the Presence of Background Fluxes
• Supersymmetry at BLTP: Recent Progress in Two Directions
• Meta-Stable Brane Configurations of Multiple Product Gauge Groups with Orientifold 6 Plane
• Solitons on Singularities
• Type IIA Klebanov-Strassler: the hard way
• On path integral localization and the Laplacian, the thesis
• Meta-Stable Brane Configurations of Triple Product Gauge Groups
• Dyonic Objects and Tensor Network Representation
• Meta-Stable Brane Configurations by Dualizing the Two Gauge Groups
• Meta-Stable Brane Configurations with Five NS5-Branes
• More on Meta-Stable Brane Configurations by Dualizing the Multiple Gauge Groups
• GMOR relation for a QCD-like theory from S-duality
• Meta-Stable Brane Configurations by Higher Order Polynomial Superpotential
• Vortices under S-duality