Introduction toS-Duality inN = 2 Supersymmetric Gauge Theories (A Pedagogical Review of the Work of Seiberg and Witten)

1997/01/01 by Luis Álvarez-Gaumé, L. Alvarez-Gaume, S. F. Hassan · 7 citations
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paper · pdf · doi:10.1002/prop.2190450302

published as Fortsch.Phys. 45 (1997) 159-236 · Latex file with seven eps figures. 81 pages

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Abstract

In these notes we attempt to give a pedagogical introduction to the work of Seiberg and Witten on S-duality and the exact results of N = 2 supersymmetric guage theories with and without matter. The first half is devoted to a review of monopoles in guage theories and the construction of supersymmetric guage theories. In the second half, we describe the work of Seiberg and Witten.

Citations

• Electric-magnetic duality, monopole condensation, and confinement in N=2 supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory
• Duality in N=2 SUSY SU(2) Yang-Mills Theory: A pedagogical introduction to the work of Seiberg and Witten
• Magnetic monopoles in gauge field theories
• Gauge theories and magnetic charge
• Dyon-monopole bound states, self-dual harmonic forms on the multi-monopole moduli space, and SL (2,Z) invariance in string theory
• Supersymmetry algebras that include topological charges
• Magnetic monopoles as gauge particles?
• Magnetic monopoles in unified gauge theories
• Dynamical supersymmetry breaking in supersymmetric QCD
• The Theory of Magnetic Poles
• Monopoles, duality and chiral symmetry breaking in N = 2 supersymmetric QCD
• All possible generators of supersymmetries of the S-matrix
• Supersymmetry and Supergravity
• Naturalness versus supersymmetric non-renormalization theorems

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• Resurgence and the Nekrasov-Shatashvili limit: connecting weak and strong coupling in the Mathieu and Lamé systems
• Torsion-induced gravitational θ term and gravitoelectromagnetism
• Dirac gaugino as leptophilic dark matter