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An improved Nicolai map for super Yang-Mills theory

High Energy Physics - Theory 2023-01-24 v2 Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

Adding a topological theta term to the action of N=1\mathcal{N}{=}\,1 D=4D{=}4 super Yang-Mills theory modifies its Nicolai map. For the BPS value of the theta angle a chiral version of the map emerges, which allows for a considerable simplification compared to the non-chiral formulation. We exhibit these improvements to all orders in perturbation theory and compute the map to fourth order in the coupling on the Laudau-gauge hypersurface. The second-order contribution vanishes, and antisymmetrizations are more manifest. All checks are verified to third order.

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@article{arxiv.2211.07660,
  title  = {An improved Nicolai map for super Yang-Mills theory},
  author = {Olaf Lechtenfeld and Maximilian Rupprecht},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2211.07660},
  year   = {2023}
}

Comments

1+8 pages + appendices; v2: minor corrections, matches published version

R2 v1 2026-06-28T05:50:44.329Z