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On Projective Hoops: Loops in Hyperspace

High Energy Physics - Theory 2011-06-07 v2

Abstract

We (re)derive the propagators and Feynman rules for the massless scalar and vector multiplets in N=2 Projective Superspace ('Projective Hyperspace'). With these, we are able to calculate both the divergent and finite parts of 2, 3 & 4-point functions at 1-loop for N=2 Super-Yang-Mills theory (SYM) explicitly in Projective Hyperspace itself. We find that effectively only the coupling constant needs to be renormalized unlike in the N=1 case where an independent wavefunction renormalization is also required. This feature is similar to that of the background field gauge, even though we are using ordinary Fermi-Feynman gauge. The computation of 1-hoop beta-function is then straightforward and matches with the known result. We also show that it receives no 2-hoops contributions. All these calculations provide an alternative proof of the finiteness of N=4 SYM.

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@article{arxiv.1012.3758,
  title  = {On Projective Hoops: Loops in Hyperspace},
  author = {Dharmesh Jain and Warren Siegel},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1012.3758},
  year   = {2011}
}

Comments

29 pages, 12 figures; Added a reference & modified introduction in v2

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