2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/220537We argue that one can see a specific class of "stringy" D-instantons in the underlying 4D gauge theory as the UV completion of an ordinary gauge instanton of a completely broken gauge group corresponding to the "empty" cycle the D-instanton is located on. In this sense, the D-instanton induced non-perturbative superpotential can be qualitatively inferred directly from pure field-theory considerations.4 pages, 3 figures; typos corrected; discussion of dynamical scale extendedHigh Energy Physics - Theorytext