| Автор | Matthew J. Strassler |
| Дата выпуска | 1998-09-01 |
| dc.description | Four-dimensional N=1 supersymmetric Spin(N) gauge theories with matter in the vector and spinor representations are considered. Dual descriptions are known for some of these theories. It is noted that when masses are given to all fields in the spinor representation, the dual gauge group G breaks to a group H such that π<sub>2</sub>(G/H) = Z<sub>2</sub>. The quantum numbers of the associated Z<sub>2</sub> monopole and those of the massive spinors are shown to agree, suggesting that the monopole is the image of the massive spinors under duality. It follows that electric sources in the spinor representation, needed as test charges to determine the phase of an SO(N) gauge theory, can be introduced as Z<sub>2</sub>-valued magnetic sources in the dual nonabelian gauge theory. This fact is used to study the phases of SO(N) gauge theories with matter in the vector representation. |
| Формат | application.pdf |
| Издатель | Institute of Physics Publishing |
| Название | Duality, phases, spinors and monopoles in SO(N) and spin(N) gauge theories |
| Тип | paper |
| DOI | 10.1088/1126-6708/1998/09/017 |
| Electronic ISSN | 1029- 8479 |
| Print ISSN | 1126-6708 |
| Журнал | Journal of High Energy Physics |
| Том | 1998 |
| Первая страница | 17 |
| Последняя страница | 017 |
| Выпуск | 09 |
