The exact superconformal $R$-symmetry maximizes $a$

DOI10.1016/S0550-3213(03)00459-0zbMath1059.81602arXivhep-th/0304128OpenAlexW3103769868MaRDI QIDQ1404879

Publication date: 24 August 2003

Published in: Nuclear Physics. B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0304128

zbMATH Keywords

renormalization-group fixed points 't Hooft anomalies perturbative anomalous dimensions

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Two-dimensional field theories, conformal field theories, etc. in quantum mechanics (81T40) Supersymmetric field theories in quantum mechanics (81T60)

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The exact superconformal \(R\)-symmetry maximizes \(a\)