S-duality in N=2 supersymmetric gauge theories

被引：174

作者：

Argyres, Philip C. ^{[1
]}

Seiberg, Nathan ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Cincinnati, Dept Phys, Cincinnati, OH 45221 USA

[2] Inst Adv Study, Sch Nat Sci, Princeton, NJ 08540 USA

来源：

JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS | 2007年 / 12期

关键词：

supersymmetry and duality; duality in gauge field theories; supersymmetric gauge theory; Conformal and W symmetry;

D O I：

10.1088/1126-6708/2007/12/088

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：

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 E-6 and E-7 SCFTs are found as limits of Lagrangian field theories.

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