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Superalgebras in $N=1$ Gauge Theories

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-10-30 v1

Abstract

N=1N=1 supersymmetric gauge theories with global flavor symmetries contain a gauge invariant W-superalgebra which acts on its moduli space of gauge invariants. With adjoint matter, this superalgebra reduces to a graded Lie algebra. When the gauge group is SO(nc)SO(n_c), with vector matter, it is a W-algebra, and the primary invariants form one of its representation. The same superalgebra exists in the dual theory, but its construction in terms of the dual fields suggests that duality may be understood in terms of a charge conjugation within the algebra. We extend the analysis to the gauge group E6E_6.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9608077,
  title  = {Superalgebras in $N=1$ Gauge Theories},
  author = {P. Ramond},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9608077},
  year   = {2009}
}

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Submitted to Phys. Letters B, 12 pages,tex, macros included