Type I superconductivity upon monopole condensation in Seiberg–Witten theory

2000/12/31 by A. Vainshtein, A. Yung · 74 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Gauge (firearms) #Gauge theory #Magnetic monopole #Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism #Point (geometry) #Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions #String (physics) #String theory #Superconductivity #Supersymmetry #hep-ph #hep-th

paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/s0550-3213(01)00394-7

published in Nuclear Physics B 614(1-2), 3-25 (Elsevier BV) · LaTex, 25 pages. Minor changes. To be published in NPB

arxiv created 2001/09/15 · openalex publication_date 2001/10/01 · arxiv updated 2010/05/27 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

We study the confinement scenario in N=2 supersymmetric SU(2) gauge theory near the monopole point upon breaking of N=2 supersymmetry by the adjoint matter mass term. We confirm claims made previously that the Abrikosov-Nielsen-Olesen string near the monopole point fails to be a BPS state once next-to-leading corrections in the adjoint mass parameter taken into account. Our results shows that type I superconductivity arises upon monopole condensation. This conclusion allows us to make qualitative predictions on the structure of the hadron mass spectrum near the monopole point.

Citations

• Electric-magnetic duality, monopole condensation, and confinement in N=2 supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory
• Deconfinement at the Argyres–Douglas point in SU(2) gauge theory with broken supersymmetry
• Vortices on the higgs branch of the Seiberg–Witten theory
• Vortex-line models for dual strings
• N = 1 supersymmetric cosmic strings
• Monopoles, duality and chiral symmetry breaking in N = 2 supersymmetric QCD
• More results in N = 1 supersymmetric gauge theories

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