N=1 Chern-Simons theories, orientifolds and Spin(7) cones

A Armoni; A Armoni; A Butti; A Giveon; A Hanany; A Hanany; A Hanany; A Mauri; A Sen; AE Lawrence; Alberto Zaffaroni; D Fabbri; D Forcella; D Forcella; D Forcella; D Gaiotto; D Joyce; D Martelli; D Martelli; Davide Forcella; DL Jafferis; DR Morrison; E Witten; H Ooguri; H Partouche; IR Klebanov; J Davey; J Distler; J Majumder; K Hosomichi; K Ueda; LV Avdeev; LV Avdeev; M Aganagic; M Benna; N Bobev; N Lambert; O Aharony; O Aharony; R Gopakumar; S Benvenuti; S Franco; S Franco; S Franco; S Franco; S Franco; SJ Gates; Y Imamura; Z Kakushadze

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N=1 Chern-Simons theories, orientifolds and Spin(7) cones

Authors: A Armoni
A Armoni
A Butti
A Giveon
A Hanany
A Hanany
A Hanany
A Mauri
A Sen
AE Lawrence
Alberto Zaffaroni
D Fabbri
D Forcella
D Forcella
D Forcella
D Gaiotto
D Joyce
D Martelli
D Martelli
Davide Forcella
DL Jafferis
DR Morrison
E Witten
H Ooguri
H Partouche
IR Klebanov
J Davey
J Distler
J Majumder
K Hosomichi
K Ueda
LV Avdeev
LV Avdeev
M Aganagic
M Benna
N Bobev
N Lambert
O Aharony
O Aharony
R Gopakumar
S Benvenuti
S Franco
S Franco
S Franco
S Franco
S Franco
SJ Gates
Y Imamura
Z Kakushadze
Publication date: 1 January 2010
Publisher: 'Springer Science and Business Media LLC'
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Abstract

We construct three dimensional N=1 Chern-Simons theories living on M2 branes probing Spin(7) cones. We consider Spin(7) manifolds obtained as quotients of Calabi-Yau four-folds by an anti-holomorphic involution, following a construction by Joyce. The corresponding Chern-Simons theories can be obtained from N=2 theories by an orientifolding procedure. These theories are holographically dual to M theory solutions AdS_4 \times H, where the weak G_2 manifold H is the base of the Spin(7) cone.Comment: 26 pages, 3 figures, reference added