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Superconformal Actions in Killing Gauge
The classical superconformal actions of branes in adS superspaces have a
closed form depending on a matrix quadratic in fermions, as found in
hep-th/9805217. One can gauge-fix the local -symmetry using the Killing
spinors of the brane in the bulk. We show that in such gauges the
superconformal actions are simplified dramatically since in all cases.
The relation between classical and gauge-fixed actions for these theories
reflects the relation between the full superconformal algebra and its
supersolvable subalgebra.Comment: 9 pages, Late
theory is trivial
We prove that the theory is trivial for any values of the bare
coupling constant thus extending previous results referring to very
strong couplings to the full range of values for this parameter. The method is
based on all order properties of the partition and two point functions in the
path integral formalism.Comment: 4 page
About the mass corrections in an abelian Higgs model
We study the corrections to the scalar boson mass in an abelian Higgs model
by considering the global properties of the partition function. We find that
although the two point function for the Higgs boson receives quantum
corrections, the mass of the scalar remains unaltered and thus the physical
mass is equal to the bare one.Comment: 5 page
An Update on Perturbative N=8 Supergravity
According to the recent pure spinor analysis of the UV divergences by
Karlsson, there are no divergent 1PI structures beyond 6 loops in D=4 N=8
supergravity. In combination with the common expectation that the UV
divergences do not appear at less than 7 loops, this may imply that the 4-point
amplitude in D=4 N=8 supergravity is all-loop finite. This differs from the
result of the previous studies of pure spinors, which suggested that there is a
UV divergence at 7 loops in D=4. Therefore an independent investigation of the
pure spinor formalism predictions is desirable, as well as continuation of
explicit loop computations. In the meantime, we revisit here our earlier
arguments on UV finiteness of N=8 supergravity based on the absence of the
off-shell light-cone superspace counterterms, as well as on the E_{7(7)}
current conservation. We believe that both arguments remain valid in view of
the developments in this area during the last few years.Comment: 8 page
From BPS to Non-BPS Black Holes Canonically
We describe the ``action-angle'' integrable system underlying the structure
of double-extremal black holes. This implies the existence of a canonical
transformation from BPS to non-BPS black holes. We give examples of such
canonical transformation for STU and for E(7(7))-invariant black holesComment: 12 page
Higgs boson mass from gauge invariant operators
We make the assumption that the vacuum correlators of the gauge invariant
kinetic term of the Higgs doublet are the same before and after the spontaneous
symmetry breaking of the theory. Based on this we determine the mass of the
standard model Higgs boson at GeV by considering one loop
and the most relevant two loop corrections. This result might suggest that
there is a single Higgs boson doublet that contributes to the electroweak
symmetry breaking.Comment: typos fixed, more explanations adde
Worldvolume Supersymmetry
A general set of rules is given how to convert a local kappa-symmetry of a
brane action and space-time supersymmetry into the global supersymmetry of the
worldvolume. A Killing spinor adapted gauge for quantization of kappa-symmetry
is defined for this purpose. As an application of these rules we perform the
gauge-fixing of the M-5-brane to get the theory of the (0, 2) tensor
supermultiplet in d=6.Comment: 10 pages, Late
Dual Waves
We study the gravitational waves in the 10-dimensional target space of the
superstring theory. Some of these waves have unbroken supersymmetries. They
consist of Brinkmann metric and of a 2-form field. Sigma-model duality is
applied to such waves. The corresponding solutions we call dual partners of
gravitational waves, or dual waves. Some of these dual waves upon Kaluza-Klein
dimensional reduction to 4 dimensions become equivalent to the
conformo-stationary solutions of axion-dilaton gravity. Such solutions include
dilaton extreme black holes, axion-dilaton Israel-Werner-Perjes-type spacetimes
and extreme charged axion-dilaton Taub-Nut solutions. The unbroken
supersymmetry of the gravitational waves transfers to the unbroken
supersymmetry of axion-dilaton IWP solutions. More general supersymmetric
4-dimensional configurations derivable from 10-dimensional waves are described.Comment: 23 pages, LaTeX, preprint SU-ITP-94-18, Contribution to Berezin
Memorial volum
A nonperturbative method for QCD
Based on specific properties of the partition function and of the quantum
correlators we derive the exact form of the beta function in the background
gauge field method for QCD with an arbitrary number of flavors. The all order
beta function we obtain through this method has only the first two orders
coefficients different than zero and thus is equivalent to the 't Hooft scheme.Comment: 8 page
Matter-coupled de Sitter Supergravity
De Sitter supergravity describes interaction of supergravity with general
chiral and vector multiplets as well as one nilpotent chiral multiplet. The
extra universal positive term in the potential due to the nilpotent multiplet,
corresponding to the anti-D3 brane in string theory, supports de Sitter vacua
in these supergravity models. In the flat space limit these supergravity models
include the Volkov-Akulov model with a non-linearly realized supersymmetry. The
rules for constructing pure de Sitter supergravity action are generalized here
in presence of other matter multiplets. We present a strategy to derive the
complete closed form general supergravity action with a given Kahler potential
, superpotential and vector matrix interacting with a nilpotent
chiral multiplet. It has the potential , where
is a necessarily non-vanishing value of the auxiliary field of the
nilpotent multiplet. De Sitter vacua are present under simple condition that
. A complete explicit action in the unitary gauge is
presented.Comment: 14 page
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