Quiver diagram

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In theoretical physics, a quiver diagram is a graph representing the matter content of a gauge theory that describes D-branes on orbifolds. Quiver diagrams may also be used to described supersymmetric gauge theories in four dimensions.

Each node of the graph corresponds to a factor U(N) of the gauge group, and each link represents a field in the bifundamental representation

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The relevance of quiver diagrams for string theory was pointed out and studied by Michael Douglas and Greg Moore.[1]

While string theorists use the words quiver diagram, many of their colleagues in particle physics call these diagrams mooses.

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  1. ^ Douglas, Michael R.; Moore, Gregory (1996). "D-branes, Quivers, and ALE Instantons". arXiv:hep-th/9603167. Bibcode:1996hep.th....3167D. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

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