CFT's from Calabi–Yau four-folds
View/ Open
Author
Gukov, Sergei
Vafa, Cumrun
Witten, Edward
Published Version
https://doi.org/10.1016/S0550-3213(00)00373-4Metadata
Show full item recordCitation
Gukov, Sergei, Cumrun Vafa, and Edward Witten. 2000. “CFT’s from Calabi–Yau Four-Folds.” Nuclear Physics B 584 (1–2): 69–108. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0550-3213(00)00373-4.Abstract
We consider F/M/Type IIA theory compactified to four, three, or two dimensions on a Calabi-Yau four-fold, and study the behavior near an isolated singularity in the presence of appropriate fluxes and branes. We analyze the vacuum and soliton structure of these models, and show that near an isolated singularity, one often generates massless chiral superfields and a superpotential, and in many instances in two or three dimensions one obtains nontrivial superconformal field theories. In the case of two dimensions, we identify some of these theories with certain Kazama-Suzuki coset models, such as the N = 2 minimal models.Terms of Use
This article is made available under the terms and conditions applicable to Other Posted Material, as set forth at http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:dash.current.terms-of-use#LAACitable link to this page
http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:41385082
Collections
- FAS Scholarly Articles [18172]
Contact administrator regarding this item (to report mistakes or request changes)