The fluxtrap background of string theory provides a transparent and
algorithmic way of constructing supersymmetric gauge theories with both
mass and Omega-type deformations in various dimensions. I will discuss a
number of deformed supersymmetric gauge theories in two and four
dimensions which can be obtained via the fluxtrap background from string
or M.theory. Such theories, the most well-known being Omega.deformed
super Yang.Mills theory in four dimensions, have met with a lot of
interest in the recent literature. The string theory treatment offers
many new avenues of analysis and applications.
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