Invariance Theorems for Supersymmetric Yang-Mills Theories

Savdeep Sethi; Mark Stern

Invariance Theorems for Supersymmetric Yang-Mills Theories

High Energy Physics - Theory 2008-11-26 v2

Authors: Savdeep Sethi , Mark Stern

Abstract

We consider quantum mechanical Yang-Mills theories with eight supercharges and a $Spin(5) \times SU(2)_R$ flavor symmetry. We show that all normalizable ground states in these gauge theories are invariant under this flavor symmetry. This includes, as a special case, all bound states of D0-branes and D4-branes. As a consequence, all bound states of D0-branes are invariant under the $Spin(9)$ flavor symmetry. When combined with index results, this implies that the bound state of two D0-branes is unique.

Keywords

supersymmetric Yang-Mills ground states flavor symmetry D0-branes D4-branes bound states

Cite

@article{arxiv.hep-th/0001189,
  title  = {Invariance Theorems for Supersymmetric Yang-Mills Theories},
  author = {Savdeep Sethi and Mark Stern},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0001189},
  year   = {2008}
}

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