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QCD3 with two-index quarks, mirror symmetry, and fivebrane anti-BIons near orientifolds

Armoni, Adi; Niarchos, Vasilis

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Adi Armoni

Vasilis Niarchos



Abstract

We consider a nonsupersymmetric Hanany-Witten type IIB brane configuration that realizes a threedimensional USpð2NÞ gauge theory with quarks in the two-index antisymmetric representation and SOð4Þ flavor symmetry. Using type IIB S-duality we find the mirror dual, an SOð2N − 1Þ field theory with scalars in the antisymmetric representation. Analyzing the magnetic dual, we study the vacuum structure of the USpð2NÞ model and propose that the SOð4Þ global symmetry is unbroken. In order to support our proposal we present an SOð4Þ symmetric BIon configuration that describes anti–D3 branes polarizing into fivebranes in the S-dual Hanany-Witten setup. We also comment on dynamical flavor symmetry breaking in other QCD3 theories with quarks in two-index representations.

Citation

Armoni, A., & Niarchos, V. (2018). QCD3 with two-index quarks, mirror symmetry, and fivebrane anti-BIons near orientifolds. Physical Review D, 98(11), Article 114009. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.98.114009

Journal Article Type Article
Online Publication Date Dec 12, 2018
Publication Date Dec 1, 2018
Deposit Date Jan 3, 2019
Publicly Available Date Jan 3, 2019
Journal Physical Review D
Print ISSN 2470-0010
Electronic ISSN 2470-0029
Publisher American Physical Society
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 98
Issue 11
Article Number 114009
DOI https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.98.114009
Public URL https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1340769

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