Massive Vacua of N=1* Theory and S-duality from Matrix Models
High Energy Physics - Theory
2011-04-15 v1
Abstract
In this note we show how Dijkgraaf and Vafa's hypothesis relating the exact superpotential of an N=1 theory to a matrix model can be used to describe all the massive vacua of the N=1*, or mass deformed N=4, theory including the Higgs vacuum. The matrix model computation of the superpotential for each massive vacuum independently yields a modular function of the associated effective coupling in that vacuum which agrees with previously derived results up to a vacuum-independent additive constant. The results in the different massive vacua can be related by the action of SL(2,Z) on the N=4 coupling, thus providing evidence for modular invariance of the underlying N=4 theory.
Cite
@article{arxiv.hep-th/0209099,
title = {Massive Vacua of N=1* Theory and S-duality from Matrix Models},
author = {Nick Dorey and Timothy J. Hollowood and S. Prem Kumar and Annamaria Sinkovics},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0209099},
year = {2011}
}
Comments
9 pages, JHEP.cls