$S$-duality of boundary conditions in ${\mathcal N}=4$ super Yang-Mills theory

By analyzing brane configurations in detail, and extracting general lessons, we develop methods for analyzing $S$-duality of supersymmetric boundary conditions in ${\mathcal N}=4$ super Yang–Mills theory. In the process, we find that $S$-duality of boundary conditions is closely related to mirror symmetry of three-dimensional gauge theories, and we analyze the IR behavior of large classes of quiver gauge theories.

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Published 1 January 2009