MONOPOLES, DUALITY AND CHIRAL-SYMMETRY BREAKING IN N=2 SUPERSYMMETRIC QCD

被引:1981
作者
SEIBERG, N [1 ]
WITTEN, E [1 ]
机构
[1] INST ADV STUDY,PRINCETON,NJ 08540
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词
D O I
10.1016/0550-3213(94)90214-3
中图分类号
O412 [相对论、场论]; O572.2 [粒子物理学];
学科分类号
摘要
We study four dimensional N = 2 supersymmetric gauge theories with matter multiplets. For all such models for which the gauge group is SU(2), we derive the exact metric on the moduli space of quantum vacua and the exact spectrum of the stable massive states. A number of new physical phenomena occur, such as chiral symmetry breaking that is driven by the condensation of magnetic monopoles that carry global quantum numbers. For those cases in which conformal invariance is broken only by mass terms, the formalism automatically gives results that are invariant under electric-magnetic duality. In one instance, this duality is mixed in an interesting way with SO(8) triality.
引用
收藏
页码:484 / 550
页数:67
相关论文
共 35 条
[1]   DYNAMICAL SUPERSYMMETRY BREAKING IN SUPERSYMMETRIC QCD [J].
AFFLECK, I ;
DINE, M ;
SEIBERG, N .
NUCLEAR PHYSICS B, 1984, 241 (02) :493-534
[2]   DYNAMICAL SUPERSYMMETRY BREAKING IN 4 DIMENSIONS AND ITS PHENOMENOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS [J].
AFFLECK, I ;
DINE, M ;
SEIBERG, N .
NUCLEAR PHYSICS B, 1985, 256 (04) :557-599
[3]   NON-PERTURBATIVE ASPECTS IN SUPERSYMMETRIC GAUGE-THEORIES [J].
AMATI, D ;
KONISHI, K ;
MEURICE, Y ;
ROSSI, GC ;
VENEZIANO, G .
PHYSICS REPORTS-REVIEW SECTION OF PHYSICS LETTERS, 1988, 162 (04) :169-248
[4]  
Atiyah M.F., 1988, GEOMETRY DYNAMICS MA, DOI DOI 10.1515/9781400859306
[5]   FINITE-TEMPERATURE BEHAVIOR OF THE LATTICE ABELIAN HIGGS MODEL [J].
BANKS, T ;
RABINOVICI, E .
NUCLEAR PHYSICS B, 1979, 160 (02) :349-379
[6]  
BOGOMOLNYI EB, 1976, SOV J NUCL PHYS+, V24, P449
[7]   PHASE-STRUCTURE OF ZP MODELS IN THE PRESENCE OF A THETA-PARAMETER [J].
CARDY, JL ;
RABINOVICI, E .
NUCLEAR PHYSICS B, 1982, 205 (01) :1-16
[8]   DUALITY AND THE THETA-PARAMETER IN ABELIAN LATTICE MODELS [J].
CARDY, JL .
NUCLEAR PHYSICS B, 1982, 205 (01) :17-26
[9]   A NEW SUPERSYMMETRIC INDEX [J].
CECOTTI, S ;
FENDLEY, P ;
INTRILIGATOR, K ;
VAFA, C .
NUCLEAR PHYSICS B, 1992, 386 (02) :405-452
[10]   ON CLASSIFICATION OF N = 2 SUPERSYMMETRIC THEORIES [J].
CECOTTI, S ;
VAFA, C .
COMMUNICATIONS IN MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS, 1993, 158 (03) :569-644