New \(N=2\) superconformal field theories from M/F-theory orbifolds

DOI10.1016/S0550-3213(99)00008-5zbMath0944.81032arXivhep-th/9808175OpenAlexW2009654780MaRDI QIDQ1572028

Sergei Gukov, Anton Kapustin

Publication date: 12 July 2000

Published in: Nuclear Physics. B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9808175

zbMATH Keywords

M-theoryF-theorySeiberg-Witten curvesHitchin systemM5-brancesorbifolded torus with punctures

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

String and superstring theories in gravitational theory (83E30) Supersymmetric field theories in quantum mechanics (81T60) String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30) Relationships between algebraic curves and physics (14H81)

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