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Supersymmetric Gauge Theory with Space-time Dependent Couplings

High Energy Physics - Theory 2018-02-02 v2

Abstract

We study deformations of N=4{\cal N}=4 supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory with couplings and masses depending on space-time. The conditions to preserve part of the supersymmetry are derived and a lot of solutions of these conditions are found. The main example is the case with ISO(1,1)×SO(3)×SO(3)ISO(1,1)\times SO(3)\times SO(3) symmetry, in which couplings, as well as masses and the theta parameter, can depend on two spatial coordinates. In the case ISO(1,1)ISO(1,1) is enhanced to ISO(1,2)ISO(1,2), it reproduces the supersymmetric Janus configuration found by Gaiotto and Witten. When SO(3)×SO(3)SO(3)\times SO(3) is enhanced to SO(6)SO(6), it agrees with the world-volume theory of D3-branes embedded in F-theory (a background with 7-branes in type IIB string theory). We also find the general solution of the supersymmetry conditions for the cases with ISO(1,1)×SO(2)×SO(4)ISO(1,1)\times SO(2)\times SO(4) symmetry. The cases with time dependent couplings and/or masses are also considered.

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@article{arxiv.1710.09792,
  title  = {Supersymmetric Gauge Theory with Space-time Dependent Couplings},
  author = {Jaewang Choi and Jose J. Fernandez-Melgarejo and Shigeki Sugimoto},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1710.09792},
  year   = {2018}
}

Comments

48 pages, v2: minor corrections

R2 v1 2026-06-22T22:26:49.190Z