nLab (p,q)5-brane

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Idea

In type IIB string theory there are bound states of D5-branes with NS5-branes. The bound state of pp \in \mathbb{Z} D5-branes with qq \in\mathbb{Z} NS5-branes is then called a (p,q)(p,q)-fivebrane or similar.

As pp and qq varies the species of (p,q)(p,q)5-branes form the lattice 2\mathbb{Z}^2 and are naturally acted on by the S-duality group SL(2,Z).

Properties

(p,q)(p,q)-Brane webs

Label local coordinate functions x ax^a on 10d Minkowski spacetime 9,1\mathbb{R}^{9,1} by 012345567890123455'6789 and write v a x av_a \coloneqq \partial_{x^a} for the corresponding vector field

Consider a (1,0)(1,0)5-brane (a D5-brane) along the multivector field v 0v 1v 2v 3v 4v 5v_0 v_1 v_2 v_3 v_4 v_5 and a (0,1)(0,1)5-brane (an NS-brane) along v 0v 1v 2v 3v 4v 5v_0 v_1 v_2 v_3 v_4 v_{5'}

a=a =00112233445555'66778899
D5
NS5

Charge conservation implies that at the brane intersection of the two a (1,1)(1,1)5-brane emerges stretched diagonally along v 5+v gv_5 + v_{g'}, i.e. along the multivector field v 0v 1v 2v 3v 4(v 5+v 5)v_0 v_1 v_2 v_3 v_4 (v_5 + v_{5'})

Aharony-Hanany 97, Sec. 3

The worldvolume-quantum field theory at the brane intersection point is a geometric engineering of D=5 N=1 SYM .

The T-dual perspective are D4/NS5-brane webs (Witten 97).

The result of connecting several such brane intersections are called (p,q)(p,q)-5brane webs (Aharony-Hanany-Krol 97).

brane intersections/bound states/wrapped branes/polarized branes

S-duality\,bound states:

intersecting\,M-branes:

from M-branes to F-branes: superstrings, D-branes and NS5-branes

M-theory on S A 1×S B 1S^1_A \times S^1_B-elliptic fibrationKK-compactification on S A 1S^1_Atype IIA string theoryT-dual KK-compactification on S B 1S^1_Btype IIB string theorygeometrize the axio-dilatonF-theory on elliptically fibered-K3 fibrationduality between F-theory and heterotic string theoryheterotic string theory on elliptic fibration
M2-brane wrapping S A 1S_A^1double dimensional reduction \mapstotype IIA superstring\mapstotype IIB superstring\mapsto\mapstoheterotic superstring
M2-brane wrapping S B 1S_B^1\mapstoD2-brane\mapstoD1-brane\mapsto
M2-brane wrapping pp times around S A 1S_A^1 and qq times around S B 1S_B^1\mapstopp strings and qq D2-branes\mapsto(p,q)-string\mapsto
M5-brane wrapping S A 1S_A^1double dimensional reduction \mapstoD4-brane\mapstoD5-brane\mapsto
M5-brane wrapping S B 1S_B^1\mapstoNS5-brane\mapstoNS5-brane\mapsto\mapstoNS5-brane
M5-brane wrapping pp times around S A 1S_A^1 and qq times around S B 1S_B^1\mapstopp D4-brane and qq NS5-branes\mapsto(p,q)5-brane\mapsto
M5-brane wrapping S A 1×S B 1S_A^1 \times S_B^1\mapsto\mapstoD3-brane\mapsto
KK-monopole/A-type ADE singularity (degeneration locus of S A 1S^1_A-circle fibration, Sen limit of S A 1×S B 1S^1_A \times S^1_B elliptic fibration)\mapstoD6-brane\mapstoD7-branes\mapstoA-type nodal curve cycle degeneration locus of elliptic fibration ADE 2Cycle (Sen 97, section 2)SU-gauge enhancement
KK-monopole orientifold/D-type ADE singularity\mapstoD6-brane with O6-planes\mapstoD7-branes with O7-planes\mapstoD-type nodal curve cycle degeneration locus of elliptic fibration ADE 2Cycle (Sen 97, section 3)SO-gauge enhancement
exceptional ADE-singularity\mapsto\mapsto\mapstoexceptional ADE-singularity of elliptic fibration\mapstoE6-, E7-, E8-gauge enhancement

(e.g. Johnson 97, Blumenhagen 10)

References

The original articles are:

The T-dual perspective are D4/NS5-brane webs:

Further intersection with orientifolds:

  • Amihay Hanany, Alberto Zaffaroni, Issues on Orientifolds: On the brane construction of gauge theories with SO(2n)SO(2n) global symmetry, JHEP 9907 (1999) 009 (arXiv:hep-th/9903242)

  • Hirotaka Hayashi, Sung-Soo Kim, Kimyeong Lee, Masato Taki, Futoshi Yagi, More on 5d descriptions of 6d SCFTs, JHEP10 (2016) 126 (arXiv:1512.08239)

  • Gabi Zafrir, Brane webs in the presence of an O5 O5^--plane and 4d class S theories of type D, JHEP07 (2016) 035 (arXiv:1602.00130)

  • Taro Kimura, Rui-Dong Zhu, Section 2 and 3 of Web Construction of ABCDEFG and Affine Quiver Gauge Theories (arXiv:1907.02382)

On (p,q)(p,q)-5-branes as defect branes:

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