The polarization of M5 branes and little string theories with reduced supersymmetry

TL;DR

This paper constructs a new M-theory dual for a 6D little string theory with reduced supersymmetry, revealing how M5 branes polarize into Kaluza Klein monopoles under specific perturbations.

Contribution

It introduces a novel M-theory dual for a less supersymmetric 6D little string theory and analyzes brane polarization phenomena.

Findings

M5 branes polarize into Kaluza Klein monopoles

The dual theory exhibits reduced supersymmetry

Properties of the polarized brane configuration are characterized

Abstract

We construct an M-theory dual of a 6 dimensional little string theory with reduced supersymmetry, along the lines of Polchinski and Strassler. We find that upon perturbing the (2,0) theory with an R-current, the M5 branes polarize into a wrapped Kaluza Klein monopole, whose isometry direction is along the R current. We investigate the properties of this theory.