Published March 3, 1997
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Journal article
Exact results and duality for Sp(2N) SUSY gauge theories with an antisymmetric tensor
Creators
- 1. Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Cambridge, MA (United States). Center for Theor. Phys.
- 2. Department of Physics, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215 (United States)
Description
We study supersymmetric Sp(2N) gauge theories with matter in the antisymmetric tensor representation and F fundamentals. For F=6 we solve the theory exactly in terms of confined degrees of freedom and a superpotential. By adding mass terms we obtain the theories with F<6 which we find to exhibit a host of interesting non-perturbative phenomena: quantum-deformed moduli spaces with N constraints, instanton-induced superpotentials and non-equivalent disjoint branches of moduli spaces. We find a simple dual for F=8 and no superpotential. We show how the F=4 and F=2 theories can be modified to break supersymmetry spontaneously and point out that the Sp(6) theory with F=6 may be very interesting for model builders. (orig.)
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Nuclear Physics. B
- Journal Volume
- 487
- Journal Issue
- 1-2
- Journal Page Range
- p. 128-140.
- ISSN
- 0550-3213
- CODEN
- NUPBBO
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Netherlands
- Country of Input or Organization
- Netherlands
- INIS RN
- 28032020
- Subject category
- S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
- Descriptors DEI
- BAG MODEL; DEGREES OF FREEDOM; DUALITY; INSTANTONS; IRREDUCIBLE REPRESENTATIONS; PARTICLE MULTIPLETS; POTENTIALS; REST MASS; SP GROUPS; SU-5 GROUPS; SU-6 GROUPS; SU-8 GROUPS; SUPERSYMMETRY; SYMMETRY BREAKING; U-1 GROUPS; UNIFIED GAUGE MODELS
- Descriptors DEC
- EXTENDED PARTICLE MODEL; FIELD THEORIES; LIE GROUPS; MASS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MULTIPLETS; PARTICLE MODELS; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; QUASI PARTICLES; SU GROUPS; SYMMETRY; SYMMETRY GROUPS; U GROUPS