Abstract
We argue that the chiral anomaly of [Formula Presented] super Yang-Mills theory admits a dual description as spontaneous symmetry breaking in M theory on [Formula Presented] holonomy manifolds. We identify an angle of the [Formula Presented] background dual to the anomalous [Formula Presented] current in field theory. This angle is not an isometry of the metric and we therefore develop a theory of “massive isometry” to describe fluctuations about such angles. Another example of a massive isometry occurs in the Atiyah-Hitchin metric.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 20 |
| Number of pages | 1 |
| Journal | Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology |
| Volume | 69 |
| Issue number | 8 |
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| State | Published - 2004 |
| Externally published | Yes |