scholarly journals Volume independence for Yang–Mills fields on the twisted torus

2014 ◽  
Vol 29 (25) ◽  
pp. 1445001 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margarita García Pérez ◽  
Antonio González-Arroyo ◽  
Masanori Okawa
Keyword(s):  
Perturbation Theory ◽  
Boundary Conditions ◽  
Gauge Theories ◽  
Field Theories ◽  
Gauge Fields ◽  
Dimensional Torus ◽  
Loop Order ◽  
Yang Mills ◽  
Hooft Coupling ◽  
Twisted Boundary Conditions

We review some recent results related to the notion of volume independence in SU (N) Yang–Mills theories. The topic is discussed in the context of gauge theories living on a d-dimensional torus with twisted boundary conditions. After a brief introduction reviewing the formalism for introducing gauge fields on a torus, we discuss how volume independence arises in perturbation theory. We show how, for appropriately chosen twist tensors, perturbative results to all orders in the 't Hooft coupling depend on a specific combination of the rank of the gauge group (N) and the periods of the torus (l), given by lN2/d, for d even. We discuss the well-known relation to noncommutative field theories and address certain threats to volume independence associated to the occurrence of tachyonic instabilities at one-loop order. We end by presenting some numerical results in 2+1 dimensions that extend these ideas to the nonperturbative domain.

scholarly journals Chiral correlators in $$ \mathcal{N} $$ = 2 superconformal quivers

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Francesco Galvagno ◽  
Michelangelo Preti
Keyword(s):  
Field Theory ◽  
Perturbation Theory ◽  
Flat Space ◽  
Field Theories ◽  
Superconformal Field Theories ◽  
Four Dimensions ◽  
Yang Mills ◽  
The Matrix ◽  
Superspace Formalism ◽  
Model Approach

Abstract We consider a family of $$ \mathcal{N} $$ N = 2 superconformal field theories in four dimensions, defined as ℤq orbifolds of $$ \mathcal{N} $$ N = 4 Super Yang-Mills theory. We compute the chiral/anti-chiral correlation functions at a perturbative level, using both the matrix model approach arising from supersymmetric localisation on the four-sphere and explicit field theory calculations on the flat space using the $$ \mathcal{N} $$ N = 1 superspace formalism. We implement a highly efficient algorithm to produce a large number of results for finite values of N , exploiting the symmetries of the quiver to reduce the complexity of the mixing between the operators. Finally the interplay with the field theory calculations allows to isolate special observables which deviate from $$ \mathcal{N} $$ N = 4 only at high orders in perturbation theory.

scholarly journals THE RELATIONS BETWEEN GENERALIZED FIELDS AND SUPERFIELDS FORMALISMS OF THE BATALIN–VILKOVISKY METHOD OF QUANTIZATION

2004 ◽  
Vol 19 (14) ◽  
pp. 2339-2353 ◽  
Author(s):  
ÖMER F. DAYI
Keyword(s):  
General Solution ◽  
Master Equation ◽  
Gauge Theories ◽  
Relativistic Particle ◽  
Field Theories ◽  
Quantum Field Theories ◽  
Quantum Field ◽  
Yang Mills ◽  
Topological Quantum ◽  
Topological Quantum Field Theories

A general solution of the Batalin–Vilkovisky master equation was formulated in terms of generalized fields. Recently, a superfields approach of obtaining solutions of the Batalin–Vilkovisky master equation is also established. Superfields formalism is usually applied to topological quantum field theories. However, generalized fields method is suitable to find solutions of the Batalin–Vilkovisky master equation either for topological quantum field theories or the usual gauge theories like Yang–Mills theory. We show that by truncating some components of superfields with appropriate actions, generalized fields formalism of the usual gauge theories result. We demonstrate that for some topological quantum field theories and the relativistic particle both of the methods possess the same field contents and yield similar results. Inspired by the observed relations, we give the solution of the BV master equation for on-shell N=1 supersymmetric Yang–Mills theory utilizing superfields.

scholarly journals Perturbative Peculiarities of Quantum Field Theories at High Temperatures

Universe ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 81
Author(s):  
Ingolf Bischer ◽  
Thierry Grandou ◽  
Ralf Hofmann
Keyword(s):  
Perturbation Theory ◽  
Thermal Equilibrium ◽  
Field Theories ◽  
Quantum Field Theories ◽  
Quantum Field ◽  
Zero Temperature ◽  
Thermal Perturbation ◽  
Loop Order ◽  
Damping Rate ◽  
Rate Calculation

Revisiting the fast fermion damping rate calculation in a thermalized QED and/or QCD plasma in thermal equilibrium at four-loop order, focus is put on a peculiar perturbative structure which has no equivalent at zero-temperature. Not surprisingly, and in agreement with previous C ☆ -algebraic analyses, this structure renders the use of thermal perturbation theory more than questionable.

scholarly journals Einstein–Yang–Mills theory: gauge invariant charges and linearization instability

2021 ◽  
Vol 81 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
Emel Altas ◽  
Ercan Kilicarslan ◽  
Bayram Tekin
Keyword(s):  
General Relativity ◽  
Perturbation Theory ◽  
Order Perturbation ◽  
Order Perturbation Theory ◽  
Gauge Fields ◽  
Gauge Invariant ◽  
Yang Mills ◽  
First Order ◽  
Flat Spacetime ◽  
First Order Perturbation

AbstractWe construct the gauge-invariant electric and magnetic charges in Yang–Mills theory coupled to cosmological general relativity (or any other geometric gravity), extending the flat spacetime construction of Abbott and Deser (Phys Lett B 116:259–263, 1982). For non-vanishing background gauge fields, the charges receive non-trivial contribution from the gravity part. In addition, we study the constraints on the first order perturbation theory and establish the conditions for linearization instability: that is the validity of the first order perturbation theory.

scholarly journals Higgs Branch, Hyper-Kähler Quotient and Duality in SUSY N = 2 Yang–Mills Theories

1997 ◽  
Vol 12 (27) ◽  
pp. 4907-4931 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. Antoniadis ◽  
B. Pioline
Keyword(s):  
Moduli Space ◽  
Gauge Theories ◽  
Geometric Interpretation ◽  
Low Energy ◽  
Target Space ◽  
Field Theories ◽  
Yang Mills ◽  
Coulomb Phase ◽  
Supersymmetric Field Theories ◽  
Energy Theory

Low-energy limits of N = 2 supersymmetric field theories in the Higgs branch are described in terms of a nonlinear four-dimensional σ-model on a hyper-Kähler target space, classically obtained as a hyper-Kähler quotient of the original flat hypermultiplet space by the gauge group. We review in a pedagogical way this construction, and illustrate it in various examples, with special attention given to the singularities emerging in the low-energy theory. In particular, we thoroughly study the Higgs branch singularity of Seiberg–Witten SU(2) theory with Nf flavors, interpreted by Witten as a small instanton singularity in the moduli space of one instanton on ℝ4. By explicitly evaluating the metric, we show that this Higgs branch coincides with the Higgs branch of a U(1) N = 2 SUSY theory with the number of flavors predicted by the singularity structure of Seiberg–Witten's theory in the Coulomb phase. We find another example of Higgs phase duality, namely between the Higgs phases of U(Nc)Nf flavors and U(Nf-Nc)Nf flavors theories, by using a geometric interpretation due to Biquard et al. This duality may be relevant for understanding Seiberg's conjectured duality Nc ↔ Nf-Nc in N = 1 SUSY SU(Nc) gauge theories.

BRANE TILINGS

2007 ◽  
Vol 22 (18) ◽  
pp. 2977-3038 ◽  
Author(s):  
KRISTIAN D. KENNAWAY
Keyword(s):  
Moduli Space ◽  
Mirror Symmetry ◽  
Gauge Theories ◽  
Field Theories ◽  
Einstein Metric ◽  
Dimensional Torus ◽  
Infinite Class ◽  
Superconformal Field Theories ◽  
The Past ◽  
Dimer Models

We review and extend the progress made over the past few years in understanding the structure of toric quiver gauge theories; those which are induced on the worldvolume of a stack of D3-branes placed at the tip of a toric Calabi–Yau cone, at an "orbifold point" in Kähler moduli space. These provide an infinite class of four-dimensional [Formula: see text] superconformal field theories which may be studied in the context of the AdS/CFT correspondence. It is now understood that these gauge theories are completely specified by certain two-dimensional torus graphs, called brane tilings, and the combinatorics of the dimer models on these graphs. In particular, knowledge of the dual Sasaki–Einstein metric is not required to determine the gauge theory, only topological and symplectic properties of the toric Calabi–Yau cone. By analyzing the symmetries of the toric quiver theories we derive the dimer models and use them to construct the moduli space of the theory both classically and semiclassically. Using mirror symmetry the brane tilings are shown to arise in string theory on the worldvolumes of the fractional D6-branes that are mirror to the stack of D3-branes at the tip of the cone.

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