Abstract
Using the recent advances in our understanding of non-perturbative aspects of type II strings we show how non-trivial exact results for N = 2 quantum field theories can be reduced to T-dualities of string theory. This is done by constructing a local geometric realization of quantum field theories together with a local application of mirror symmetry. This construction is not based on any duality conjecture and thus reduces non-trivial quantum field theory results to much better understood T-dualities of type II strings. Moreover it can be used in principle to construct in a systematic way the vacuum structure for arbitrary N = 2 gauge theories with matter representations.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 173-195 |
Number of pages | 23 |
Journal | Nuclear Physics B |
Volume | 497 |
Issue number | 1-2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jul 21 1997 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Local mirror symmetry
- N = 2 supersymmetric Yang-Mills theories
- Type ii string compactification on Calabi-Yau manifolds
- World-sheet and space-time instantons
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Nuclear and High Energy Physics