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$QCD_3$ Dualities and the F-Theorem

High Energy Physics - Theory 2018-08-29 v2

Abstract

There has recently been a surge of new ideas and results for 2+1 dimensional gauge theories. We consider a recently proposed duality for 2+1 dimensional QCD, which predicts a symmetry-breaking phase. Using the F-theorem, we find bounds on the range of parameters for which the symmetry-breaking phase (and the corresponding duality) can occur. We find exact bounds for an SU(2) SU(2) gauge theory, and approximate bounds for an SU(N)SU(N) gauge theory with N>2 N>2 .

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@article{arxiv.1803.06983,
  title  = {$QCD_3$ Dualities and the F-Theorem},
  author = {Adar Sharon},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1803.06983},
  year   = {2018}
}
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