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On the N = 2 supersymmetric CP(N) sigma model and Chern Simons terms

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-10-28 v1

Abstract

We use the large NN self consistency method to compute the critical exponents of the fields and coupling of the supersymmetric CP(N) sigma model at leading order in 1/N1/N in various dimensions. We verify that the correction to the critical beta-function slope vanishes at O(1/N) which is consistent with supersymmetry. The three dimensional model is investigated explicitly when a Chern Simons term is included supersymmetrically. We determine the modification that this has on the gauge independent quantity \beta^\prime(g_c) as a function of the Chern Simons coupling, \vartheta. For an N = 2 supersymmetric Chern Simons term the exponent is independent of \vartheta at O(1/N), whilst it is invariant under \vartheta \rightarrow 1/\vartheta when an N = 1 supersymmetric Chern Simons term is included.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9508176,
  title  = {On the N = 2 supersymmetric CP(N) sigma model and Chern Simons terms},
  author = {Massimiliano Ciuchini and J. A. Gracey},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9508176},
  year   = {2009}
}

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