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Equivalence of geometric engineering and Hanany-Witten

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Quantum Aspects of Gauge Theories, Supersymmetry and Unification

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We show the equivalence of three different realisations of gauge theory in string theory. These are the Hanany-Witten brane constructions, the use of branes as probes and geometric engineering. We illustrate the equivalence via T- and S-dualities with the simplest non-trivial examples in four dimensions: N=2 SYM with gauge groups Π SU(N i ).

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A. Ceresole C. Kounnas D. Lüst S. Theisen

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Smith, D.J. (1999). Equivalence of geometric engineering and Hanany-Witten. In: Ceresole, A., Kounnas, C., Lüst, D., Theisen, S. (eds) Quantum Aspects of Gauge Theories, Supersymmetry and Unification. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 525. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0104270

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