Dynamics of N=2 supersymmetric gauge theories in three-dimensions
Mar, 1997
33 pages
Published in:
- Nucl.Phys.B 500 (1997) 163-191
e-Print:
- hep-th/9703100 [hep-th]
Report number:
- LBL-40109,
- LBNL-40109,
- UCB-PTH-97-13
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Abstract:
We study the structure of the moduli spaces of vacua and superpotentials of N=2 supersymmetric gauge theories in three dimensions. By analyzing the instanton corrections, we compute the the exact superpotentials and determine the quantum Coulomb and Higgs branches of the theories. We find candidates for non-trivial N=2 superconformal field theories at the singularities of the moduli spaces. The analysis is carried out explicitly for gauge groups U(N_c) and SU(N_c) with N_f flavors. We show that the field theory results are in complete agreement with the intersecting branes picture. We also compute the exact superpotentials for arbitrary gauge groups and arbitrary matter content.Note:
- 33 pages, Latex, 6 figures Report-no: LBNL-40109, UCB-PTH-97/13
- Three-dimensional supersymmetric gauge theory
- Exact superpotentials
- gauge field theory: SU(N)
- gauge field theory: U(N)
- supersymmetry
- fermion: flavor
- dimension: 3
- vacuum state
- potential
- moduli space
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