1996/05/27 by Massimo Di Pierro, Kenichi Konishi · 15 citations
Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Gauge theory #Geometry #Massless particle #Mathematical physics #Mathematics #Particle physics #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #Physics #Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions #Quantum electrodynamics #Supersymmetry #Symmetry (geometry) #Theoretical physics #Yang–Mills theory #hep-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/0370-2693(96)01136-7
published in Physics Letters B 388(1), 90-96 (Elsevier BV) · Latex file, 13 pages, plus 1 eps Figure file (Revised)
arxiv created 1996/05/27 · openalex publication_date 1996/11/01 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
Several physics aspects of the Seiberg-Witten solution of N=2 supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory with SU(2) gauge group, supplemented with a small mass term for the "matter" fields which leads to an N=1 theory with confinement, are discussed. The light spectrum of the theory is understood on the basis of current algebra relations, and CP invariance of the massless and massive theories is studied. We find that in the massive (confining) theory the low energy physics has an exact CP symmetry, while in a generic vacuum in the massless theory CP invarince is spontaneously broken.