scholarly journals On a structure of the one-loop divergences in 4D harmonic superspace sigma-model

2022 ◽  
Vol 82 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
I. L. Buchbinder ◽  
A. S. Budekhina ◽  
B. S. Merzlikin

AbstractWe study the quantum structure of four-dimensional $${{\mathcal {N}}}=2$$ N = 2 superfield sigma-model formulated in harmonic superspace in terms of the omega-hypermultiplet superfield $$\omega $$ ω . The model is described by harmonic superfield sigma-model metric $$g_{ab}(\omega )$$ g ab ( ω ) and two potential-like superfields $$L^{++}_{a}(\omega )$$ L a + + ( ω ) and $$L^{(+4)}(\omega )$$ L ( + 4 ) ( ω ) . In bosonic component sector this model describes some hyper-Kähler manifold. The manifestly $${{\mathcal {N}}}=2$$ N = 2 supersymmetric covariant background-quantum splitting is constructed and the superfield proper-time technique is developed to calculate the one-loop effective action. The one-loop divergences of the superfield effective action are found for arbitrary $$g_{ab}(\omega ), L^{++}_{a}(\omega ), L^{(+4)}(\omega )$$ g ab ( ω ) , L a + + ( ω ) , L ( + 4 ) ( ω ) , where some specific analogy between the algebra of covariant derivatives in the sigma-model and the corresponding algebra in the $${{\mathcal {N}}}=2$$ N = 2 SYM theory is used. The component structure of divergences in the bosonic sector is discussed.

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (8) ◽  
Author(s):  
I. L. Buchbinder ◽  
E. A. Ivanov ◽  
B. S. Merzlikin ◽  
K. V. Stepanyantz

Abstract We apply the harmonic superspace approach for calculating the divergent part of the one-loop effective action of renormalizable 6D, $$ \mathcal{N} $$ N = (1, 0) supersymmetric higher-derivative gauge theory with a dimensionless coupling constant. Our consideration uses the background superfield method allowing to carry out the analysis of the effective action in a manifestly gauge covariant and $$ \mathcal{N} $$ N = (1, 0) supersymmetric way. We exploit the regularization by dimensional reduction, in which the divergences are absorbed into a renormalization of the coupling constant. Having the expression for the one-loop divergences, we calculate the relevant β-function. Its sign is specified by the overall sign of the classical action which in higher-derivative theories is not fixed a priori. The result agrees with the earlier calculations in the component approach. The superfield calculation is simpler and provides possibilities for various generalizations.


2018 ◽  
Vol 33 (27) ◽  
pp. 1850157 ◽  
Author(s):  
Theodore N. Jacobson ◽  
Tonnis ter Veldhuis

We derive the one-loop effective action for scalar, pseudoscalar, and electromagnetic fields coupled to a Dirac fermion in an extension of QED with Yukawa couplings. Using the Schwinger proper-time formalism and zeta-function regularization, we calculate the full nonperturbative effective action to one loop in the constant background field approximation. Our result is nonperturbative in the external fields, and goes beyond existing results in the literature which treat only the first nontrivial order involving the pseudoscalar. The result has an even and odd part, which are related to the modulus and phase of the fermion functional determinant. The even contribution to the effective action involves the modulus of the effective Yukawa couplings and is invariant under global chiral transformations while the odd contribution is proportional to the angle between the scalar and pseudoscalar couplings. In different limits the effective action reduces either to the Euler–Heisenberg effective action or the Coleman–Weinberg potential. We also comment on the relationship between the odd part of the effective action and the chiral anomaly in QED.


Author(s):  
Alysson Ferrari ◽  
Job Furtado Neto ◽  
Jose F. Assunção ◽  
Tiago Mariz ◽  
Albert Yu. Petrov

Abstract We discuss applications of the proper-time method in various minimal Lorentz violating modifications of QED and present new results obtained with its use. Explicitly we calculate the complete one-loop Heisenberg-Euler effective action involving all orders in $F_{\mu\nu}$, for two of the most studied minimal Lorentz-violating extensions of QED, the one characterized by the axial vector $b^{\mu}$ and the one involving the second-rank constant tensor $c^{\mu\nu}$.


2019 ◽  
Vol 35 (09) ◽  
pp. 2050060 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. L. Buchbinder ◽  
A. S. Budekhina ◽  
B. S. Merzlikin

We study the six-dimensional [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] supersymmetric Yang–Mills (SYM) theories in the component formulation. The one-loop divergencies of effective action are calculated. The leading one-loop low-energy contributions to bosonic sector of effective action are found. It is explicitly demonstrated that the contributions to effective potential for the constant background scalar fields are absent in the [Formula: see text] SYM theory.


2000 ◽  
Vol 15 (30) ◽  
pp. 1859-1877 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. EREMIN ◽  
E. IVANOV

We compute the one-loop holomorphic effective action of the massless Cartan sector of N=2 SYM theory in the Coulomb branch, taking into account the contributions both from the charged hypermultiplets and off-diagonal components of the gauge superfield. We use the manifestly supersymmetric harmonic superfields diagram techniques adapted to N=2 supersymmetry with the central charges induced by Cartan generators. The (anti)holomorphic part proves to be proportional to the central charges and it has the generic form of Seiberg's action obtained by integrating U (1)R anomaly. It vanishes for N=4 SYM theory, i.e. the coupled system of N=2 gauge superfield and hypermultiplet in the adjoint representation.


2001 ◽  
Vol 16 (40) ◽  
pp. 2591-2603 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. B. SAMSONOV

We consider the noncommutative hypermultiplet model within harmonic superspace approach. The one-loop four-point contributions to the effective action of self-interacting q-hypermultiplet are computed. This model has two coupling constants instead of a single one in commutative case. It is shown that both coupling constants are generated by one-loop quantum corrections in the model of q-hypermultiplet interacting with vector multiplet. The holomorphic effective action of q-hypermultiplet in external gauge superfield is calculated. For the fundamental representation there is no uv/ir-mixing and the holomorphic potential is a ⋆-product generalization of a standard commutative one. For the adjoint representation of U(N) gauge group the leading contributions to the holomorphic effective action are given by the terms respecting for the uv/ir-mixing which are related to U(1) phase of U(N) group.


Symmetry ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 68 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ioseph Buchbinder ◽  
Evgeny Ivanov ◽  
Boris Merzlikin ◽  
Konstantin Stepanyantz

We review the recent progress in studying the quantum structure of 6 D , N = ( 1 , 0 ) , and N = ( 1 , 1 ) supersymmetric gauge theories formulated through unconstrained harmonic superfields. The harmonic superfield approach allows one to carry out the quantization and calculations of the quantum corrections in a manifestly N = ( 1 , 0 ) supersymmetric way. The quantum effective action is constructed with the help of the background field method that secures the manifest gauge invariance of the results. Although the theories under consideration are not renormalizable, the extended supersymmetry essentially improves the ultraviolet behavior of the lowest-order loops. The N = ( 1 , 1 ) supersymmetric Yang–Mills theory turns out to be finite in the one-loop approximation in the minimal gauge. Furthermore, some two-loop divergences are shown to be absent in this theory. Analysis of the divergences is performed both in terms of harmonic supergraphs and by the manifestly gauge covariant superfield proper-time method. The finite one-loop leading low-energy effective action is calculated and analyzed. Furthermore, in the Abelian case, we discuss the gauge dependence of the quantum corrections and present its precise form for the one-loop divergent part of the effective action.


1995 ◽  
Vol 10 (28) ◽  
pp. 2071-2079 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. NAFTULIN ◽  
S.D. ODINTSOV

We discuss lowering the order of the two-dimensional scalar-tensor R2 quantum gravity, by mapping the most general version of the model to a multi-dilaton gravity, which is essentially the sigma-model coupled with the Jackiw-Teitelboim-like gravity. In the continuation of our previous research, we calculate the divergent part of the one-loop effective action in a 2-D scalar-tensor (dilatonic) gravity with the R2-term, which belongs to a specific degenerate case and cannot be obtained from the general expression. The corresponding finiteness conditions are found.


1998 ◽  
Vol 13 (20) ◽  
pp. 1623-1635 ◽  
Author(s):  
IOSEPH L. BUCHBINDER ◽  
SERGEI M. KUZENKO

We analyze the one-loop effective action of N=4 SYM theory in the framework of the bakground field formalism in N=2 harmonic superspace. For the case of onshell background N=2 vector multiplet we prove that the effective action is free of harmonic singularities. When the lowest N=1 superspace component of the N=2 vector multiplet is switched off, the effective action of N=4 SYM theory is shown to coincide with obtained by Grisaru et al. on the base of the N=1 background field method. We compute the leading non-holomorphic corrections to the N=4 SU (2) SYM effective action.


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