T-dualizing D5/D7 junctions yields smooth D6 curves whose spectral data (from coherent sheaves) give explicit complex-structure deformations of the dual M-theory threefold, with s-rule violations appearing as poles.
Zig-zag deformations of toric quiver gauge theories. Part I: reflexive polytopes
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We study one-parameter families of $U(1)^2$ preserving deformations relating pairs of toric quiver gauge theories on D-branes probing local toric (pseudo) del Pezzo surfaces. The superpotential deformations are defined by zig-zag paths in the brane tiling and are non-trivial in the chiral ring if the geometry has a non-isolated singularity. In the dual $(p,q)$ web, the deformation is realized as a Hanany-Witten move that reverses a semi-infinite fivebrane. We use these deformations to find RG flows between 4d $\mathcal{N}=1$ SCFTs on D3-branes probing local toric (pseudo) del Pezzo surfaces of the same degree, and briefly comment on the interpretation for BPS quivers of rank one 5d SCFTs on $S^1$.
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M-theory geometries from five-brane webs, seven-branes, and T-branes
T-dualizing D5/D7 junctions yields smooth D6 curves whose spectral data (from coherent sheaves) give explicit complex-structure deformations of the dual M-theory threefold, with s-rule violations appearing as poles.