M-Theory, Torons and Confinement
arXiv:hep-th/9703036 · doi:10.1016/S0920-5632(97)00529-X
Abstract
We study the decompactification limit of M-theory superpotentials for N=1 four dimensional supersymmetric gauge theories. These superpotentials can be interpreted as generated by toron configurations. The connection with the confinement picture in the maximal abelian gauge is discussed.
Latex file. 9 pages. Lecture given by C. G. at the XXXIII Karpacz School: "Duality, Strings and Fields". February 1997. Improved version, with a clarifying exposition on the dynamical role of torons in M-theory included