Published December 2007
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Journal article
S-duality in N = 2 supersymmetric gauge theories
Creators
- 1. Physics Department, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0011 (United States)
- 2. School of Natural Sciences, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ 08540 (United States)
Description
A solution to the infinite coupling problem for N = 2 conformal supersymmetric gauge theories in four dimensions is presented. The infinitely-coupled theories are argued to be interacting superconformal field theories (SCFTs) with weakly gauged flavor groups. Consistency checks of this proposal are found by examining some low-rank examples. As part of these checks, we show how to compute new exact quantities in these SCFTs: the central charges of their flavor current algebras. Also, the isolated rank 1 E6 and E7 SCFTs are found as limits of Lagrangian field theories
Additional details
Identifiers
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Journal of High Energy Physics
- Journal Volume
- 2007
- Journal Issue
- 12
- Journal Page Range
- p. 088
- ISSN
- 1126-6708
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Italy
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 39044322
- Subject category
- S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
- Descriptors DEI
- CONFORMAL INVARIANCE; COUPLING; CURRENT ALGEBRA; DUALITY; FLAVOR MODEL; GAUGE INVARIANCE; LAGRANGIAN FIELD THEORY; MATHEMATICAL SOLUTIONS; SUPERSYMMETRY
- Descriptors DEC
- COMPOSITE MODELS; FIELD THEORIES; INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICLE MODELS; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; QUARK MODEL; SYMMETRY