Dielectric-branes in Non-supersymmetric SO(3)-invariant Perturbation of Three-dimensional N=8 Yang-Mills Theory

TL;DR

This paper investigates non-supersymmetric deformations of three-dimensional N=8 super Yang-Mills theory, analyzing their dual string theory descriptions and the stability of dielectric brane configurations.

Contribution

It introduces a detailed analysis of dielectric NS5-branes in non-supersymmetric SO(3)-invariant deformations of 3D N=8 SYM and explores their stability regions.

Findings

Dielectric D4-brane potential matches D5-brane potential in type IIB.

Identification of parameter space with stable dielectric NS5-branes.

Analysis of dielectric NS5-branes with D4-flux in non-supersymmetric setting.

Abstract

We study non-supersymmetric SO(3)-invariant deformations of d=3, N=8 super Yang-Mills theory and their type IIA string theory dual. By adding both gaugino mass and scalar mass, dielectric D4-brane potential coincides with D5-brane potential in type IIB theory. We find the region of parameter space where the non-supersymmetric vacuum is described by stable dielectric NS5-branes. By considering the generalized action for NS5-branes in the presence of D4-flux, we also analyze the properties of dielectric NS5-branes.