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 is satisfied, where denote the conformal weights of Ramond states and 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 can then be identified with the unitarity bound of supersymmetry. We thus propose that, for rational CFTs without free fermions, 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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6 pages