The torsional conifold: fivebranes and the Klebanov-Strassler theory
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Mon, 07/06/2010 12:00 |
Dario Martelli (Kings College London) |
String Theory Seminar  |
L3 |
| We study a gravity solution corresponding to fivebranes wrapped on the S^2 of the resolved conifold. By changing a parameter the solution continuously interpolates between the deformed conifold with flux and the resolved conifold with branes. Therefore, it displays a geometric transition, purely in the supergravity context. The solution is a simple example of torsional geometry and may be thought of as a non-Kahler analog of the conifold. By U-duality transformations we can add D3 brane charge and recover the solution in the form originally derived by Butti et al. This describes the baryonic branch of the Klebanov-Strassler theory. Far along the baryonic branch the field theory gives rise to a fuzzy two-sphere. This corresponds to the D5 branes wrapping the two-sphere of the resolved conifold in the gravity solution. | |||