A crack in the conformal window

DOI10.1007/JHEP04(2013)165zbMATH Open1342.81614arXiv1212.4502MaRDI QIDQ303013FDOQ303013

Authors: Benjamin R. Safdi, Igor R. Klebanov, Jeongseog Lee 

Publication date: 12 August 2016

Published in: Journal of High Energy Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In {cal N} = 2 superconformal three-dimensional field theory the R-symmetry is determined by locally maximizing the free energy F on the three-sphere. Using F-maximization, we study the {cal N} = 2 supersymmetric U(N_c) gauge theory coupled to N_f pairs of fundamental and anti-fundamental superfields in the Veneziano large N_c limit, where x = N_f / N_c is kept fixed. This theory has a superconformal window 1 leq x leq infty, while for x < 1 supersymmetry is broken. As we reduce x we find "a crack in the superconformal window" - a critical value x_c approx 1.45 where the monopole operators reach the unitarity bound. To continue the theory to x < x_c we assume that the monopoles become free fields, leading to an accidental global symmetry. Using the Aharony dual description of the theory for x < x_c allows us to determine the R-charges and F for 1 leq x < x_c. Adding a Chern-Simons term removes the transition at x_c. In these more general theories we study the scaling dimensions of meson operators as functions of x and kappa = |k| / N_c. We find that there is an interesting transition in behavior at kappa = 1.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1212.4502

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zbMATH Keywords

field theories in lower dimensionsChern-Simons theoriesmatrix modelssupersymmetry and duality

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Topological field theories in quantum mechanics (81T45) Supersymmetric field theories in quantum mechanics (81T60)

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