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arxiv: hep-th/9711013 · v2 · submitted 1997-11-03 · ✦ hep-th

Branes and Toric Geometry

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keywords geometrytoricbranebatyrevblownbranescalabi-yaucases
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We show that toric geometry can be used rather effectively to translate a brane configuration to geometry. Roughly speaking the skeletons of toric space are identified with the brane configurations. The cases where the local geometry involves hypersurfaces in toric varieties (such as P^2 blown up at more than 3 points) presents a challenge for the brane picture. We also find a simple physical explanation of Batyrev's construction of mirror pairs of Calabi-Yau manifolds using T-duality.

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