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$T\bar{T}$ Flows and (2,2) Supersymmetry

High Energy Physics - Theory 2020-01-15 v3

Abstract

We construct a solvable deformation of two-dimensional theories with (2,2)(2,2) supersymmetry using an irrelevant operator which is a bilinear in the supercurrents. This supercurrent-squared operator is manifestly supersymmetric, and equivalent to TTˉT\bar{T} after using conservation laws. As illustrative examples, we deform theories involving a single (2,2)(2,2) chiral superfield. We show that the deformed free theory is on-shell equivalent to the (2,2)(2,2) Nambu-Goto action. At the classical level, models with a superpotential exhibit more surprising behavior: the deformed theory exhibits poles in the physical potential which modify the vacuum structure. This suggests that irrelevant deformations of TTT\overline{T} type might also affect infrared physics.

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@article{arxiv.1906.00467,
  title  = {$T\bar{T}$ Flows and (2,2) Supersymmetry},
  author = {Chih-Kai Chang and Christian Ferko and Savdeep Sethi and Alessandro Sfondrini and Gabriele Tartaglino-Mazzucchelli},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1906.00467},
  year   = {2020}
}

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39 pages

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