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Tests for C-theorems in 4D

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-10-28 v1

Abstract

A proof for a non-perturbative C-theorem in four dimensions, capturing the irreversibility of the renormalization group flow in the space of unitary quantum field theories, has not been accomplished, yet. We test the conjectured C-theorems using the exact results recently obtained in N=1 supersymmetric gauge theories. We find that the flow towards the infrared region is consistent with the main proposals for a C-theorem.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9511065,
  title  = {Tests for C-theorems in 4D},
  author = {Fiorenzo Bastianelli},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9511065},
  year   = {2009}
}

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10 pages, 2 figures, uses harvmac.tex, tables.tex, epsf.tex