Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Theory
Scientific paper
2003-05-26
JHEP 0307 (2003) 015
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Theory
1+18 pages, harvmac. Added discussion on the CSW relative shifts of theta vacua and the odd phases at the critical point. Refe
Scientific paper
10.1088/1126-6708/2003/07/015
In the framework of the matrix model/gauge theory correspondence, we consider supersymmetric U(N) gauge theory with $U(1)^N$ symmetry breaking pattern. Due to the presence of the Veneziano--Yankielowicz effective superpotential, in order to satisfy the $F$--term condition $\sum_iS_i=0$, we are forced to introduce additional terms in the free energy of the corresponding matrix model with respect to the usual formulation. This leads to a matrix model formulation with a cubic potential which is free of parameters and displays a branched structure. In this way we naturally solve the usual problem of the identification between dimensionful and dimensionless quantities. Furthermore, we need not introduce the $\N=1$ scale by hand in the matrix model. These facts are related to remarkable coincidences which arise at the critical point and lead to a branched bare coupling constant. The latter plays the role of the $\N=1$ and $\N=2$ scale tuning parameter. We then show that a suitable rescaling leads to the correct identification of the $\N=2$ variables. Finally, by means of the the mentioned coincidences, we provide a direct expression for the $\N=2$ prepotential, including the gravitational corrections, in terms of the free energy. This suggests that the matrix model provides a triangulation of the istanton moduli space.
Matone Marco
Mazzucato Luca
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