a-Maximization, Global Symmetries and RG Flows
High Energy Physics - Theory
2010-07-14 v1
Abstract
We construct the a-function of [1] for general F-term perturbations of a 3+1 dimensional N=1 SCFT. We use this construction to argue that the central charge a always decreases along the corresponding RG flows, and discuss some other applications.
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@article{arxiv.1007.2176,
title = {a-Maximization, Global Symmetries and RG Flows},
author = {Denis Erkal and David Kutasov},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1007.2176},
year = {2010}
}
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22 pages