Published October 15, 2008 | Version v1
Journal article

Lattice four-dimensional, N=4 super-Yang-Mills studies are practical

  • 1. Physics Department, McGill University, 3600 rue University, Montreal, Quebec H3A 2T8 (Canada)
  • 2. Department of Physics, Applied Physics, and Astronomy, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 110 Eighth Street, Troy, New York 12180-3590 (United States)

Description

We show that nonpertubative lattice studies of four-dimensional N=4 super-Yang-Mills are within reach. We use Ginsparg-Wilson fermions to avoid gluino masses and an exact implementation of the (chiral) R-symmetry, which greatly limits the number of counterterms that must be fine-tuned. Only bosonic operators require fine-tuning, so all tunings can be done 'offline' by a Ferrenberg-Swendsen type reweighting. We show what measurables can be used to perform the tuning.

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
Journal Volume
78
Journal Issue
8
Journal Page Range
p. 081701-081701.5
ISSN
0556-2821
CODEN
PRVDAQ

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
41004961
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Descriptors DEI
CHIRALITY; FERMIONS; FOUR-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS; LATTICE FIELD THEORY; MASS; SYMMETRY; YANG-MILLS THEORY
Descriptors DEC
CONSTRUCTIVE FIELD THEORY; FIELD THEORIES; PARTICLE PROPERTIES; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY

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