Exactly marginal deformations and global symmetries
Exactly marginal deformations and global symmetries
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精确的边际变形和全局对称
DOI:
10.1007/jhep06(2010)106
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发表时间:
2010
影响因子:
5.4
通讯作者:
B. Wecht
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作者:
D. Green;Z. Komargodski;N. Seiberg;Yuji Tachikawa;B. Wecht
We study the problem of finding exactly marginal deformations of $ \mathcal{N} = 1 $ superconformal field theories in four dimensions. We find that the only way a marginal chiral operator can become not exactly marginal is for it to combine with a conserved current multiplet. Additionally, we find that the space of exactly marginal deformations, also called the “conformal manifold,” is the quotient of the space of marginal couplings by the complexified continuous global symmetry group. This fact explains why exactly marginal deformations are ubiquitous in $ \mathcal{N} = 1 $ theories. Our method turns the problem of enumerating exactly marginal operators into a problem in group theory, and substantially extends and simplifies the previous analysis by Leigh and Strassler. We also briefly discuss how to apply our analysis to $ \mathcal{N} = 2 $ theories in three dimensions.
DOI:
10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2009.08.012
发表时间:
2009
期刊:
Nuclear Physics
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作者:
Nikolas Akerblom;Christian Saemann;Martin Wolf
通讯作者:
Martin Wolf