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A particular two-parameter class of little string theories can be described by M parallel M5-branes probing a transverse affine A N − 1 singularity. We previously discussed the duality between the theories labelled by (N, M) and (M, N). In this work, we propose that these two are in fact only part of a larger web of dual theories. We provide evidence that the theories labelled by (N, M) and \( \left(\frac{NM}{k},k\right) \) are dual to each other, where k = gcd(N,M). To argue for this duality, we use a geometric realization of these little string theories in terms of F-theory compactifications on toric, non-compact Calabi-Yau threefolds X N,M which have a double elliptic fibration structure. We show explicitly for a number of examples that X NM/k,k is part of the extended moduli space of X N,M , i.e. the two are related through symmetry transformations and flop transitions. By working out the full duality map, we provide a simple check at the level of the free energy of little string theories.
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Hohenegger, S., Iqbal, A. & Rey, SJ. Dual little strings from F-theory and flop transitions. J. High Energ. Phys. 2017, 112 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP07(2017)112
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