Adding D7-branes to the Polchinski-Strassler gravity background

TL;DR

This paper investigates D7-brane probe embeddings in the Polchinski-Strassler background, providing insights into the dual N=2* gauge theory with fundamental matter and exploring supersymmetric configurations.

Contribution

It introduces the analysis of D7-brane embeddings in a specific gravity background with N=2 supersymmetry, linking to the dual gauge theory with fundamental matter.

Findings

Identification of supersymmetric D7-brane embeddings

Insights into the N=2* gauge theory with fundamental matter

Analysis of probe brane configurations in the Polchinski-Strassler background

Abstract

We motivate and summarize our analysis of hep-th/0610276 in which we consider D7-brane probe embeddings in the Polchinski-Strassler background with N=2 supersymmetry. The corresponding dual gauge theory is given by the N=2* theory with fundamental matter.