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ADE String Chains and Mirror Symmetry

Abstract

6d superconformal field theories (SCFTs) are the SCFTs in the highest possible dimension. They can be geometrically engineered in F-theory by compactifying on non-compact elliptic Calabi-Yau manifolds. In this paper we focus on the class of SCFTs whose base geometry is determined by βˆ’2-2 curves intersecting according to ADE Dynkin diagrams and derive the corresponding mirror Calabi-Yau manifold. The mirror geometry is uniquely determined in terms of the mirror curve which has also an interpretation in terms of the Seiberg-Witten curve of the four-dimensional theory arising from torus compactification. Adding the affine node of the ADE quiver to the base geometry, we connect to recent results on SYZ mirror symmetry for the AA case and provide a physical interpretation in terms of little string theory. Our results, however, go beyond this case as our construction naturally covers the DD and EE cases as well.Comment: version 2: typos corrected, 30 pages, 8 figure

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