Notes on superconformal Chern-Simons-Matter theories

Apr, 2007
48 pages
Published in:
  • JHEP 08 (2007) 056
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Abstract: (arXiv)
The three dimensional N=2 supersymmetric Chern-Simons theory coupled to matter fields, possibly deformed by a superpotential, give rise to a large class of exactly conformal theories with Lagrangian descriptions. These theories can be arbitrarily weakly coupled, and hence can be studied perturbatively. We study the theories in the large N limit, and compute the two-loop anomalous dimension of certain long operators. Our result suggests that various N=2 U(N) Chern-Simons theories coupled to suitable matter fields are dual to open or closed string theories in AdS4, which are not yet constructed.
  • gauge field theory: U(N)
  • supersymmetry: 2
  • supersymmetry: 3
  • Chern-Simons term
  • dimension: 3
  • fermion: flavor
  • expansion 1/N
  • perturbation theory: higher-order
  • thermodynamics
  • scaling: violation