RT Journal Article T1 M and F theory instantons, N=1 supersymmetry and fractional topological charge A1 Gómez, César A1 Hernández Redondo, Rafael AB We analize instanton generated superpotentials for three dimensional N = 2 supersymmetric gauge theories obtained by compactifying on S^(1) N = 1 four dimensional theories. For SU(2) with N_(f) = 1, we find that the vacua in the decompactification limit is given by the singular points of the Coulomb branch of the N = 2 four dimensional theory (we also consider the massive case). The decompactification limit of the superpotential for pure gauge theories without chiral matter is interpreted in terms of ‘t Hooft’s fractional instanton amplitudes. PB World scientific publ co pte LTD SN 0217-751X YR 1997 FD 1997-11-10 LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/60225 UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/60225 LA eng NO © 1997 World Scientific Publishing Co. This research is partially supported under grant AEN 96-1655, and by E. C. grant FMRX-CT 960012. NO European Commission DS Docta Complutense RD 4 abr 2025