Deformation of Conifold and Intersecting Branes

TL;DR

This paper explores the connection between intersecting NS5-branes and the deformed conifold by deriving supergravity solutions that preserve supersymmetry, revealing insights into string dualities and brane configurations.

Contribution

It provides a new supergravity solution linking intersecting NS5-branes with the deformed conifold, enhancing understanding of brane intersections and geometric transitions in string theory.

Findings

Derived a supersymmetric supergravity solution for intersecting NS5-branes.

Established the relation between brane configurations and the deformed conifold.

Showed consistency with known string dualities.

Abstract

We study the relation between intersecting NS5-branes whose intersection is smoothed out and the deformed conifold in terms of the supergravity solution. We solve the condition of preserved supersymmetry on a metric inspired by the deformed conifold metric and obtain a solution of the NS5-branes which is delocalized except for one of the overall transverse directions. The solution has consistent properties with other configurations obtained by string dualities.