Published April 28, 1983
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Journal article
Topology and supersymmetry breaking in ten-dimensional super-Yang-Mills theory
Creators
- 1. Ecole Normale Superieure, 75 - Paris (France). Lab. de Physique Theorique
Description
We point out that the vacuum of ten-dimensional super-Yang-Mills theory is characterized by an angle THETA, provided that the gauge group is SU(n), n>=5, SO(10), or E6. Despite the presence of a massless fermion, THETA is a physical parameter because there is no anomalous chiral U(1) symmetry. We argue that for THETAnot=0 supersymmetry can be spontaneously broken by instanton-like effects. Parity is also broken for general THETAnot=0. (orig.)
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Phys. Lett., B
- Journal Volume
- 124
- Journal Issue
- 3/4
- Series
- CODEN: PYLBA.;Phys. Lett., B.
- Journal Page Range
- 180-184
- ISSN
- 0370-2693
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Netherlands
- Country of Input or Organization
- Netherlands
- INIS RN
- 14777427
- Subject category
- S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- INSTANTONS; MANY-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS; P INVARIANCE; SO-10 GROUPS; SU GROUPS; SUPERSYMMETRY; SYMMETRY BREAKING; TOPOLOGY; VACUUM STATES; YANG-MILLS THEORY
- Descriptors DEC
- INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES; LIE GROUPS; MATHEMATICS; QUASI PARTICLES; SO GROUPS; SYMMETRY; SYMMETRY GROUPS