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arxiv: hep-th/0006141 · v1 · submitted 2000-06-19 · ✦ hep-th

M-Theory tested by N=2 Seiberg-Witten Theory

classification ✦ hep-th
keywords m-theoryseiberg-wittencurveexpansioninstantonmethodsrepresentationstheory
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Methods are reviewed for computing the instanton expansion of the prepotential for N=2 Seiberg-Witten theory with non-hyperelliptic curves. These results, when compared with the instanton expansion obtained from the microscopic Lagrangian, provide detailed tests of M-theory. Group theoretic regularities of F_ 1-inst allow one to "reverse engineer" a Seiberg-Witten curve for SU(N) with two antisymmetric representations and N_f \leq 3 fundamental hypermultiplet representations, a result not yet available by other methods. Consistency with M-theory requires a curve of infinite order.

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