Moduli space metric of N=2 supersymmetric SU(N) gauge theory and the enhancon
Description
We compute the moduli space metric of SU(N) Yang-Mills theory with N=2 supersymmetry in the vicinity of the point where the classical moduli vanish. This gauge theory may be realized as a set of N D7-branes wrapping a K3 surface, near the enhancon locus. The moduli space metric determines the low-energy worldvolume dynamics of the D7-branes near this point, including stringy corrections. Non-abelian gauge symmetry is not restored on the worldvolume at the enhancon point, but rather the gauge group remains U(1)N-1 and light electric and magnetically charged particles coexist. We also study the moduli space metric for a single probe brane in the background of N-1 branes near the enhancon point. We find quantum corrections to the supergravity probe metric that are not suppressed at large separations, but are down by 1/N factors, due to the response of the N-1 enhancon branes to the probe. A singularity appears before the probe reaches the enhancon point where a dyon becomes massless. We compute the masses of W-bosons and monopoles in a large N limit near this critical point
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Identifiers
- PII
- S0550321302003541;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Nuclear Physics. B
- Journal Volume
- 635
- Journal Issue
- 1-2
- Journal Page Range
- p. 57-74
- ISSN
- 0550-3213
- CODEN
- NUPBBO
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Netherlands
- Country of Input or Organization
- Mexico
- INIS RN
- 35049657
- Subject category
- S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
- Descriptors DEI
- CHARGED PARTICLES; CORRECTIONS; DIAGRAMS; GAUGE INVARIANCE; INTEGRALS; INTERMEDIATE BOSONS; METRICS; MONOPOLES; SINGULARITY; SUPERGRAVITY; SUPERSYMMETRY; YANG-MILLS THEORY
- Descriptors DEC
- BOSONS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; FIELD THEORIES; INFORMATION; INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES; SYMMETRY; UNIFIED-FIELD THEORIES
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- Copyright
- Copyright (c) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.