Published November 2007 | Version v1
Journal article

3D N = 1 SYM Chern-Simons theory on the lattice

  • 1. Physics Department, McGill University, 3600 rue University, Montreal, QC H3A 2T8 (Canada)

Description

We present a method to implement 3-dimensional N = 1 SUSY Yang-Mills theory (a theory with two real supercharges containing gauge fields and an adjoint Majorana fermion) on the lattice, including a way to implement the Chern-Simons term present in this theory. At nonzero Chern-Simons number our implementation suffers from a sign problem which will make the numerical effort grow exponentially with volume. We also show that the theory with vanishing Chern-Simons number is anomalous; its partition function identically vanishes

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of High Energy Physics
Journal Volume
11
Journal Issue
2007
Journal Page Range
p. 067
ISSN
1126-6708

INIS

Country of Publication
Italy
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
39044442
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Descriptors DEI
FERMIONS; LATTICE FIELD THEORY; PARTITION FUNCTIONS; SUPERSYMMETRY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS; YANG-MILLS THEORY
Descriptors DEC
CONSTRUCTIVE FIELD THEORY; FIELD THEORIES; FUNCTIONS; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; SYMMETRY