Branes in Special Holonomy Backgrounds
Amit Loewy, Yaron Oz
TL;DR
This paper investigates the transition of D2-branes in G2 holonomy backgrounds to M2-branes in Spin(7) backgrounds, analyzing UV and IR regimes and proposing a non-Abelian N=1 mirror symmetry.
Contribution
It introduces a detailed study of brane flow between G2 and Spin(7) backgrounds and conjectures a novel non-Abelian N=1 mirror symmetry.
Findings
Analysis of UV and IR regimes of brane flow
Effect of topology change on field theory
Proposal of non-Abelian N=1 mirror symmetry
Abstract
We study the flow from the theory of D2-branes in a G2 holonomy background to M2-branes in a Spin(7) holonomy background. We consider in detail the UV and IR regimes, and the effect of topology change of the background on the field theory. We conjecture a non-Abelian N=1 mirror symmetry.
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