enhancon

English

Noun

enhancon (plural enhancons)

1. (mathematics, physics) A type of conifold ring proposed in some forms of supersymmetry.
   • 2015, William Cottrell, James Hanson, Akikazu Hashimoto, “Dynamics of ${\cal {N=4}}$ supersymmetric field theories in 2+1 dimensions and their gravity dual”, in arXiv‎^[1]:

     Instead, we show how to construct reliable sugra duals to particular points on the Coulomb branch where the enhancon is screened.