The Phase Structure of Supersymmetric Sp(2N_c) Gauge Theories with an Adjoint

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2009-08-14

arxiv.org/abs/0908.2131v2

JHEP 0911:049,2009

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Theory

18 pages, 2 figures; v2: added references to match JHEP version

Scientific paper

10.1088/1126-6708/2009/11/049

We study the phase structure of N = 1 supersymmetric Sp(2N_c) gauge theories with 2N_f fundamentals, an adjoint, and vanishing superpotential. Using a-maximization, we derive analytic expressions for the values of N_f below which the first several gauge-invariant operators in the chiral ring violate the unitarity bound and become free fields. In doing so we are able to explicitly check previous conjectures about the behavior of this theory made by Luty, Schmaltz, and Terning. We then compare this to an analysis of the first two 'deconfined' dual descriptions based on the gauge groups Sp(2N_f+2) x SO(2N_c+5) and Sp(2N_f+2) x SO(4N_f+4) x Sp(2N_c+2), finding precise agreement. In particular, we find no evidence for non-obvious accidental symmetries or the appearance of a mixed phase in which one of the dual gauge groups becomes free.

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