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Exact N=2 Landau-Ginzburg Flows

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-10-22 v1

Abstract

We find exactly solvable N=2-supersymmetric flows whose infrared fixed points are the N=2 minimal models. The exact S-matrices and the Casimir energy (a c-function) are determined along the entire renormalization group trajectory. The c-function runs from c=3 (asymptotically) in the UV to the N=2 minimal model values of the central charge in the IR, leading us to interpret these theories as the Landau-Ginzburg models with superpotential Xk+2X^{k+2}. Consideration of the elliptic genus gives further support for this interpretation. We also find an integrable model in this hierarchy which has spontaneously-broken supersymmetry and superpotential XX, and a series of integrable models with (0,2) supersymmetry. The flows exhibit interesting behavior in the UV, including a relation to the N=2 super sine-Gordon model. We speculate about the relation between the kinetic term and the cigar target-space metric.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9307166,
  title  = {Exact N=2 Landau-Ginzburg Flows},
  author = {Paul Fendley and Ken Intriligator},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9307166},
  year   = {2009}
}

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24 pages, BUHEP-93-17, RU-93-29

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