nLab F-branes -- table

from M-branes to F-branes: superstrings, D-branes and NS5-branes

M-theory on S A 1×S B 1S^1_A \times S^1_B-elliptic fibrationKK-compactification on S A 1S^1_Atype IIA string theoryT-dual KK-compactification on S B 1S^1_Btype IIB string theorygeometrize the axio-dilatonF-theory on elliptically fibered-K3 fibrationduality between F-theory and heterotic string theoryheterotic string theory on elliptic fibration
M2-brane wrapping S A 1S_A^1double dimensional reduction ↦\mapstotype IIA superstring↦\mapstotype IIB superstring↦\mapsto“↦\mapstoheterotic superstring
M2-brane wrapping S B 1S_B^1↦\mapstoD2-brane↦\mapstoD1-brane↦\mapsto“
M2-brane wrapping pp times around S A 1S_A^1 and qq times around S B 1S_B^1↦\mapstopp strings and qq D2-branes↦\mapsto(p,q)-string↦\mapsto“
M5-brane wrapping S A 1S_A^1double dimensional reduction ↦\mapstoD4-brane↦\mapstoD5-brane↦\mapsto“
M5-brane wrapping S B 1S_B^1↦\mapstoNS5-brane↦\mapstoNS5-brane↦\mapsto“↦\mapstoNS5-brane
M5-brane wrapping pp times around S A 1S_A^1 and qq times around S B 1S_B^1↦\mapstopp D4-brane and qq NS5-branes↦\mapsto(p,q)5-brane↦\mapsto“
M5-brane wrapping S A 1×S B 1S_A^1 \times S_B^1↦\mapsto↦\mapstoD3-brane↦\mapsto“
KK-monopole/A-type ADE singularity (degeneration locus of S A 1S^1_A-circle fibration, Sen limit of S A 1×S B 1S^1_A \times S^1_B elliptic fibration)↦\mapstoD6-brane↦\mapstoD7-branes↦\mapstoA-type nodal curve cycle degeneration locus of elliptic fibration ADE 2Cycle (Sen 97, section 2)SU-gauge enhancement
KK-monopole orientifold/D-type ADE singularity↦\mapstoD6-brane with O6-planes↦\mapstoD7-branes with O7-planes↦\mapstoD-type nodal curve cycle degeneration locus of elliptic fibration ADE 2Cycle (Sen 97, section 3)SO-gauge enhancement
exceptional ADE-singularity↦\mapsto↦\mapsto↦\mapstoexceptional ADE-singularity of elliptic fibration↦\mapstoE6-, E7-, E8-gauge enhancement

(e.g. Johnson 97, Blumenhagen 10)

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