Superconformal Field Theory on Threebranes at a Calabi-Yau Singularity TeX Export

@article{citeulike:3445288, abstract = {Just as parallel threebranes on a smooth manifold are related to string theory on \$AdS\_5\times {\bf S}^5\$, parallel threebranes near a conical singularity are related to string theory on \$AdS\_5\times X\_5\$, for a suitable \$X\_5\$. For the example of the conifold singularity, for which \$X\_5=(SU(2)\times SU(2))/U(1)\$, we argue that string theory on \$AdS\_5\times X\_5\$ can be described by a certain \${\cal N}=1\$ supersymmetric gauge theory which we describe in detail.}, archivePrefix = {arXiv}, author = {Klebanov, Igor R. and Witten, Edward}, citeulike-article-id = {3445288}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9807080}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://arxiv.org/pdf/hep-th/9807080}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0550-3213(98)00654-3}, day = {22}, doi = {10.1016/S0550-3213(98)00654-3}, eprint = {hep-th/9807080}, keywords = {ads5, ads5-s5, calabi-yau, cft, conifold}, month = {Jul}, posted-at = {2008-10-24 05:07:07}, priority = {5}, title = {Superconformal Field Theory on Threebranes at a Calabi-Yau Singularity}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0550-3213(98)00654-3}, year = {1998} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:3445288 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3445288 N2 - Just as parallel threebranes on a smooth manifold are related to string theory on $AdS_5\times {\bf S}^5$, parallel threebranes near a conical singularity are related to string theory on $AdS_5\times X_5$, for a suitable $X_5$. For the example of the conifold singularity, for which $X_5=(SU(2)\times SU(2))/U(1)$, we argue that string theory on $AdS_5\times X_5$ can be described by a certain ${\cal N}=1$ supersymmetric gauge theory which we describe in detail. TI - Superconformal Field Theory on Threebranes at a Calabi-Yau Singularity KW - ads5 KW - ads5-s5 KW - calabi-yau KW - cft KW - conifold AU - Klebanov, Igor AU - Witten, Edward PY - 1998/Jul/22/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0550-3213(98)00654-3 ER -