Pouliot type duality via a-maximization.

DOI number:10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2005.11.024

Journal:Nuclear Physics B

Abstract:We study four-dimensional N=1 Spin(10) gauge theory with a single spinor and vectors at the superconformal fixed point via the electric-magnetic duality and a-maximization. When gauge invariant chiral primary operators hit the unitarity bounds, we find that the theory with no superpotential is identical to the one with some superpotential at the infrared fixed point. The auxiliary field method in the electric theory offers a satisfying description of the infrared fixed point, which is consistent with the better picture in the magnetic theory. In particular, it gives a clear description of the emergence of new massless degrees of freedom in the electric theory.

Note:The preprint version is available at https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0509230

Co-author:Teruhiko Kawano,Yutaka Ookouchi,Yuji Tachikawa,Futoshi Yagi

Indexed by:SCI

Discipline:Science

Volume:735

Issue:1-3

Page Number:1-16

Translation or Not:no

Date of Publication:2006-02-13

Included Journals:SCI

Links to published journals:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2005.11.024