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Generalized Konishi anomaly, Seiberg duality and singular effective superpotentials

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-11-11 v3

Abstract

Using the generalized Konishi anomaly (GKA) equations, we derive the effective superpotential of four-dimensional N=1 supersymmetric SU(n) gauge theory with n+2 fundamental flavors. We find, however, that the GKA equations are only integrable in the Seiberg dual description of the theory, but not in the direct description of the theory. The failure of integrability in the direct, strongly coupled, description suggests the existence of non-perturbative corrections to the GKA equations.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0511272,
  title  = {Generalized Konishi anomaly, Seiberg duality and singular effective superpotentials},
  author = {Philip C. Argyres and Mohammad Edalati},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0511272},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

20 pages; v3: corrected the comparison to the SU(2) case

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