Published March 3, 1997 | Version v1
Journal article

Exact results and duality for Sp(2N) SUSY gauge theories with an antisymmetric tensor

  • 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.)

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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