The beta-function of the Wess-Zumino model at O(1/N^2)
Abstract
We extend the critical point self-consistency method used to solve field theories at their d-dimensional fixed point in the large N expansion to include superfields. As an application we compute the beta-function of the Wess-Zumino model with an O(N) symmetry to O(1/N^2). This result is then used to study the effect the higher order corrections have on the radius of convergence of the 4-dimensional beta-function at this order in 1/N. The critical exponent relating to the wave function renormalization of the basic field is also computed to O(1/N^2) and is shown to be the same as that for the corresponding field in the supersymmetric O(N) sigma model in d-dimensions. We discuss how the non-renormalization theorem prevents the full critical point equivalence between both models.
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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9712138,
title = {The beta-function of the Wess-Zumino model at O(1/N^2)},
author = {P. M. Ferreira and J. A. Gracey},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9712138},
year = {2009}
}
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19 latex pages, 5 postscript figures