Dyons and S-duality in N=4 supersymmetric gauge theory

DOI10.1016/0550-3213(96)00218-0zbMATH Open1003.81567arXivhep-th/9601085OpenAlexW3103266541WikidataQ60144974 ScholiaQ60144974MaRDI QIDQ1921047FDOQ1921047

Authors: Jerome P. Gauntlett, David A. Lowe 

Publication date: 12 August 1996

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

Abstract: We analyze the spectrum of dyons in N=4 supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory with gauge group SU(3) spontaneously broken down to U(1)xU(1). The Higgs fields select a natural basis of simple roots. Acting with S-duality on the W-boson states corresponding to simple roots leads to an orbit of BPS dyon states that are magnetically charged with respect to one of the U(1)'s. The corresponding monopole solutions can be obtained by embedding SU(2) monopoles into SU(3) and the S-duality predictions reduce to the SU(2) case. Acting with S-duality on the W-boson corresponding to a non-simple root leads to an infinite set of new S-duality predictions. The simplest of these corresponds to the existence of a harmonic form on the moduli space of SU(3) monopoles that have magnetic charge (1,1) with respect to the two U(1)'s. We argue that the moduli space is given by R^3x(R^1xM)/Z_2, where M is Euclidean Taub-NUT space, and that the latter admits the appropriate normalizable harmonic two form. We briefly discuss the generalizations to other gauge groups.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9601085

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zbMATH Keywords

moduli spaceHiggs fieldsYang Mills theory

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in quantum field theory (81T13) Supersymmetric field theories in quantum mechanics (81T60)

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