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Two loop effective kaehler potential of (non-)renormalizable supersymmetric models
We perform a supergraph computation of the effective Kaehler potential at one
and two loops for general four dimensional N=1 supersymmetric theories
described by arbitrary Kaehler potential, superpotential and gauge kinetic
function. We only insist on gauge invariance of the Kaehler potential and the
superpotential as we heavily rely on its consequences in the quantum theory.
However, we do not require gauge invariance for the gauge kinetic functions, so
that our results can also be applied to anomalous theories that involve the
Green-Schwarz mechanism. We illustrate our two loop results by considering a
few simple models: the (non-)renormalizable Wess-Zumino model and Super Quantum
Electrodynamics.Comment: 1+26 pages, LaTeX, 6 figures; a missing diagram added and typos
correcte
Back reaction of vacuum and the renormalization group flow from the conformal fixed point
We consider the GUT-like model with two scalar fields which has infinitesimal
deviation from the conformal invariant fixed point at high energy region. In
this case the dominating quantum effect is the conformal trace anomaly and the
interaction between the anomaly-generated propagating conformal factor of the
metric and the usual dimensional scalar field. This interaction leads to the
renormalization group flow from the conformal point. In the supersymmetric
conformal invariant model such an effect produces a very weak violation of
sypersymmetry at lower energies.Comment: 15 pages, LaTex, ten figures, uuencoded fil
On structure of effective action in four-dimensional quantum dilaton supergravity
A general structure of effective action in new chiral superfield model
associated with , supergravity is investigated. This model
corresponds to finite quantum field theory and does not demand the
regularization and renormalization at effective action calculation. It is shown
that in local approximation the effective action is defined by two objects
called general superfield effective lagrangian and chiral superfield effective
lagrangian. A proper-time method is generalized for calculation of these two
effective lagrangians in superfield manner. Power expansion of the effective
action in supercovariant derivatives is formulated and the lower terms of such
an expansion are calculated in explicit superfield form
Dynamical breaking of gauge symmetry in supersymmetric quantum electrodynamics in three-dimensional spacetime
The dynamical breaking of gauge symmetry in the supersymmetric quantum
electrodynamics in three-dimensional spacetime is studied at two-loop
approximation. At this level, the effective superpotential is evaluated in a
supersymmetric phase. At one-loop order, we observe a generation of the
Chern-Simons term due to a parity violating term present in the classical
action. At two-loop order, the scalar background superfield acquires a
nonvanishing vacuum expectation value, generating a mass term
through Coleman-Weinberg mechanism. It is observed that
the mass of gauge superfield is predominantly an effect of the topological
Chern-Simons term.Comment: 10 pages, 2 figures, PRD versio
The Background Field Method for N = 2 Super Yang-Mills Theories in Harmonic Superspace
The background field method for N=2 super Yang-Mills theories in harmonic
superspace is developed. The ghost structure of the theory is investigated. It
is shown that the ghosts include two fermionic real omega-hypermultiplets
(Faddeev-Popov ghosts) and one bosonic real omega-hypermultiplet
(Nielsen-Kallosh ghost), all in the adjoint representation of the gauge group.
The one-loop effective action is analysed in detail and it is found that its
structure is determined only by the ghost corrections in the pure super
Yang-Mills theory. As applied to the case of N=4 super Yang-Mills theory,
realized in terms of N=2 superfields, the latter result leads to the remarkable
conclusion that the one-loop effective action of the theory does not contain
quantum corrections depending on the N=2 gauge superfield only. We show that
the leading low-energy contribution to the one-loop effective action in the N=2
SU(2) super Yang-Mills theory coincides with Seiberg's perturbative holomorphic
effective action.Comment: 17 pages, Late
Supersymmetric Nambu-Jona-Lasinio Model in an External Gravitational Field
We investigate the effect of an external gravitational fields to the chiral
symmetry breaking in the SUSY (supersymmetric) NJL (Nambu-Jona-Lasinio) model
non-minimally interacting with external supergravity. Evaluating the effective
potential in the leading order of the -expansion and in the linear
curvature approximation it is found the possibility of the chiral symmetry
breaking in the SUSY NJL model in an external gravitational fields. In the
broken phase the dynamically generated mass is analytically and numerically
calculated.Comment: 8 pages, Latex, epic.sty and eepic.sty are use
Ionization corrections in a multi-phase interstellar medium: Lessons from a z~2 sub-DLA
We present a high resolution (FWHM=2.7 km/s), high S/N echelle spectrum for
the z = 2.26 QSO J2123-0050 and determine elemental abundances for the z = 2.06
sub-DLA in its line of sight. This high redshift sub-DLA has a complex
kinematic structure and harbours detections of neutral (SI, CI), singly (e.g.
CII, SII) and multiply ionized (e.g. CIV, SiIV) species as well as molecular H
and HD. The plethora of detected transitions in various ionization stages is
indicative of a complex multi-phase structure present in this high redshift
galaxy. We demonstrate that the ionization corrections in this sub-DLA are
significant (up to ~0.7 dex). For example, if no ionization correction is
applied, a super-solar metallicity is derived ([S/H] = +0.36), whereas a single
phase ionization correction reduces this to [S/H] = -0.19. The theoretical
impact of a multi-phase medium is investigated through Cloudy modelling and it
is found that the abundances of Si, S and Fe are always over-estimated (by up
to 0.15 dex in our experiments) if a single-phase is assumed. Therefore,
although Cloudy models improve estimates of metal column densities, the
simplification of a single phase medium leaves a systematic error in the
result, so that even ionization-corrected abundances may still be too high.
Without ionization corrections the properties of this sub-DLA appear to require
extreme scenarios of nucleosynthetic origins. After ionization corrections are
applied the ISM of this galaxy appears to be similar to some of the sightlines
through the Milky Way.Comment: Accepted for publication in MNRA
Further Evidence for a Gravitational Fixed Point
A theory of gravity with a generic action functional and minimally coupled to
N matter fields has a nontrivial fixed point in the leading large N
approximation. At this fixed point, the cosmological constant and Newton's
constant are nonzero and UV relevant; the curvature squared terms are
asymptotically free with marginal behaviour; all higher order terms are
irrelevant and can be set to zero by a suitable choice of cutoff function.Comment: LaTEX, 4 pages. Relative to the published paper, a sign has been
corrected in equations (17) and (18
Covariant Harmonic Supergraphity for N = 2 Super Yang--Mills Theories
We review the background field method for general N = 2 super Yang-Mills
theories formulated in the N = 2 harmonic superspace. The covariant harmonic
supergraph technique is then applied to rigorously prove the N=2
non-renormalization theorem as well as to compute the holomorphic low-energy
action for the N = 2 SU(2) pure super Yang-Mills theory and the leading
non-holomorphic low-energy correction for N = 4 SU(2) super Yang-Mills theory.Comment: 17 pages, LAMUPHYS LaTeX, no figures; based on talks given by I.
Buchbinder and S. Kuzenko at the International Seminar ``Supersymmetries and
Quantum Symmetries'', July 1997, Dubna; to be published in the proceeding
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