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Can the energy bound $E \geq 0$ imply supersymmetry?

High Energy Physics - Theory 2021-12-30 v1

Abstract

We utilize the integrality conjecture to show that the torus partition function of a fermionic rational conformal theory in the Ramond-Ramond sector becomes a constant when the bound hRc24h^R \ge \frac{c}{24} is satisfied, where hRh^R denote the conformal weights of Ramond states and cc is the central charge. The constant-valued Ramond-Ramond partition function strongly suggests the presence of supersymmetry unless a given theory has free fermions. The lower bound hRc24h^R \ge \frac{c}{24} can then be identified with the unitarity bound of N=1\mathcal{N}=1 supersymmetry. We thus propose that, for rational CFTs without free fermions, (hRc/24)0(h^R-c/24) \geq 0 can imply supersymmetry.

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@article{arxiv.2112.14130,
  title  = {Can the energy bound $E \geq 0$ imply supersymmetry?},
  author = {Jin-Beom Bae and Zhihao Duan and Sungjay Lee},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2112.14130},
  year   = {2021}
}

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