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Semi-classical Quantization in N=4 Supersymmetric Yang-Mills Theory and Duality

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-10-30 v1

Abstract

At a generic point in the moduli space of vacua of an N=4 supersymmetric gauge theory with arbitrary gauge group the Higgs force does not cancel the magneto-static force between magnetic monopoles of distinct charge. As a consequence the moduli space of magnetically charged solutions is related in a simple way to those of the SU(2) theory. This leads to a rather simple test of S-duality. On certain subspaces of the moduli space of vacua the forces between distinct monopoles cancel and the test of S-duality becomes more complicated.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9704011,
  title  = {Semi-classical Quantization in N=4 Supersymmetric Yang-Mills Theory and Duality},
  author = {Christophe Fraser and Timothy J. Hollowood},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9704011},
  year   = {2009}
}

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11 pages, plain tex with macro included, one Postscript figure, uses psfig.tex