On the Integrability of Planar N=2N=2 Superconformal Gauge Theories

Nov, 2012
18 pages
Published in:
  • JHEP 08 (2013) 015
  • Published: 2013
e-Print:
Report number:
  • YITP-SB-12-38

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Abstract: (Springer)
We study the integrability properties of planar superconformal field theories in four dimensions. We show that the spin chain associated to the planar dilation operator of superconformal QCD fails to be integrable at two loops. In our analysis we focus on a closed SU(2|1) sector, whose two-loop spin chain we fix by symmetry arguments (up to a few undetermined coefficients). It turns out that the Yang-Baxter equation for magnon scattering is not satisfied in this sector. On the other hand, we suggest that the closed SU(2, 1|2) sector, which exists in any superconformal gauge theory, may be integrable to all loops. We summarize the known results in the literature that are consistent with this conjecture.
Note:
  • 20 pages, 1 figure. v2: minor changes, JHEP version
  • Supersymmetric gauge theory
  • 1/N Expansion
  • Integrable Field Theories
  • gauge field theory: conformal
  • spin: chain
  • operator: dilation
  • magnon: scattering
  • integrability
  • quantum chromodynamics
  • Yang-Baxter equation