2003/11/30 by Riccardo Argurio, Gabriele Ferretti, Rainer Heise · 2 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions #hep-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.1142/s0217751x04018038
published as Int.J.Mod.Phys. A19 (2004) 2015-2078 · 78 pages, 7 figures, 2 tables, V2: eq. (148) corrected; minor changes in Sect. 5; 2 Refs. added, V3: 1 Ref added, V4: eqs. (126) and (257) corrected
arxiv created 2004/02/20 · openalex publication_date 2004/05/20 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
We give an introduction to the recently-established connection between supersymmetric gauge theories and matrix models. We begin by reviewing previous material that is required in order to follow the latest developments. This includes the superfield formulation of gauge theories, holomorphy, the chiral ring, the Konishi anomaly and the large N limit. We then present both the diagrammatic proof of the connection and the one based on the anomaly. Our discussion is entirely field theoretical and self contained.