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N=2 Moduli Spaces and N=1 Dualities for SO(n_c) and USp(2n_c) SuperQCD

High Energy Physics - Theory 2011-10-11 v1

Abstract

We determine the exact global structure of the moduli space of N=2N{=}2 supersymmetric SO(n)SO(n) and \USp(2n)\USp(2n) gauge theories with matter hypermultiplets in the fundamental representations, using the non-renormalization theorem for the Higgs branches and the exact solutions for the Coulomb branches. By adding an (N=2)(N{=}2)--breaking mass term for the adjoint chiral field and varying the mass, the N=2N{=}2 theories can be made to flow to either an ``electric'' N=1N{=}1 supersymmetric QCD or its N=1N{=}1 dual ``magnetic'' version. We thus obtain a derivation of the N=1N{=}1 dualities of Seiberg.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9608129,
  title  = {N=2 Moduli Spaces and N=1 Dualities for SO(n_c) and USp(2n_c) SuperQCD},
  author = {Philip C. Argyres and M. Ronen Plesser and Alfred D. Shapere},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9608129},
  year   = {2011}
}

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20 pages, harvmac (b)