Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Theory
Scientific paper
2008-06-09
JHEP 0809:072,2008
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Theory
21 pages, 2 figures, v2: minor improvements, references added, v3: moduli space of orbifolds clarified, published version
Scientific paper
10.1088/1126-6708/2008/09/072
We discuss the N=2 superspace formulation of the N=8 superconformal Bagger-Lambert-Gustavsson theory, and of the N=6 superconformal Aharony-Bergman-Jafferis-Maldacena U(N)xU(N) Chern-Simons theory. In particular, we prove the full SU(4) R-symmetry of the ABJM theory. We then consider orbifold projections of this theory that give non-chiral and chiral (U(N)xU(N))^n superconformal quiver gauge theories. We argue that these theories are dual to certain AdS_4 x S^7/(Z_n x Z_k) backgrounds of M-theory. We also study a SU(3) invariant mass term in the superpotential that makes the N=8 theory flow to a N=2 superconformal gauge theory with a sextic superpotential. We conjecture that this gauge theory is dual to the U(1)_R x SU(3) invariant extremum of the N=8 gauged supergravity, which was discovered by N. Warner 25 years ago and whose uplifting to 11 dimensions was found more recently.
Benna Marcus
Klebanov Igor
Klose Thomas
Smedbäck Mikael
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