Vacuum states of N=1* mass deformations of N=4 and N=2 conformal gauge theories and their brane interpretations

Howard J. Schnitzer; Niclas Wyllard; Stephen G. Naculich

Vacuum states of N=1* mass deformations of N=4 and N=2 conformal gauge theories and their brane interpretations

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arxiv hep-th/0103047 v1 pith:DYO6II5A submitted 2001-03-07 hep-th

Vacuum states of N=1* mass deformations of N=4 and N=2 conformal gauge theories and their brane interpretations

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We find the classical supersymmetric vacuum states of a class of N = 1* field theories obtained by mass deforming superconformal models with simple gauge groups and N = 4 or N =2 supersymmetry. In particular, new classical vacuum states for mass-deformed N = 4 models with Sp(2N) and SO(N) gauge symmetry are found. We also derive the classical vacua for various mass-deformed N=2 models with Sp(2N) and SU(N) gauge groups and antisymmetric (and symmetric) hypermultiplets. We suggest interpretations of the mass-deformed vacua in terms of three-branes expanded into five-brane configurations.

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