Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Theory
Scientific paper
2003-10-03
Nucl.Phys. B683 (2004) 3-26
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Theory
26 pages, 4 EPS figures. V2: comments, appendix added. V3: a misprint removed, discussion in the appendix of cancellation of d
Scientific paper
10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2004.01.034
In \cN = 2, 4 superconformal field theories in four space-time dimensions, the quantum corrections with four derivatives are believed to be severely constrained by non-renormalization theorems. The strongest of these is the conjecture formulated by Dine and Seiberg in hep-th/9705057 that such terms are generated only at one loop. In this note, using the background field formulation in \cN = 1 superspace, we test the Dine-Seiberg proposal by comparing the two-loop F^4 quantum corrections in two different superconformal theories with the same gauge group SU(N): (i) \cN = 4 SYM (i.e. \cN = 2 SYM with a single adjoint hypermultiplet); (ii) \cN = 2 SYM with 2N hypermultiplets in the fundamental. According to the Dine-Seiberg conjecture, these theories should yield identical two-loop F^4 contributions from all the supergraphs involving quantum hypermultiplets, since the pure \cN = 2 SYM and ghost sectors are identical provided the same gauge conditions are chosen. We explicitly evaluate the relevant two-loop supergraphs and observe that the F^4 corrections generated have different large N behaviour in the two theories under consideration. Our results are in conflict with the Dine-Seiberg conjecture.
Kuzenko Sergei M.
McArthur Ian N.
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