Abstract
We consider a nonsupersymmetric Hanany-Witten type IIB brane configuration that realizes a three-dimensional gauge theory with quarks in the two-index antisymmetric representation and flavor symmetry. Using type IIB -duality we find the mirror dual, an field theory with scalars in the antisymmetric representation. Analyzing the magnetic dual, we study the vacuum structure of the model and propose that the global symmetry is unbroken. In order to support our proposal we present an symmetric BIon configuration that describes anti–D3 branes polarizing into fivebranes in the -dual Hanany-Witten setup. We also comment on dynamical flavor symmetry breaking in other theories with quarks in two-index representations.
- Received 29 August 2018
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.98.114009
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