PIRSA:14030074

RG flows with N=1 supersymmetry

Elvang, H. (2014). RG flows with N=1 supersymmetry. Perimeter Institute. https://pirsa.org/14030074

Elvang, Henriette. RG flows with N=1 supersymmetry. Perimeter Institute, Apr. 01, 2014, https://pirsa.org/14030074 

          @misc{ pirsa_PIRSA:14030074,
            doi = {10.48660/14030074},
            url = {https://pirsa.org/14030074},
            author = {Elvang, Henriette},
            keywords = {Quantum Fields and Strings},
            language = {en},
            title = {RG flows with N=1 supersymmetry},
            publisher = {Perimeter Institute},
            year = {2014},
            month = {apr},
            note = {PIRSA:14030074 see, \url{https://pirsa.org}}
          }

Henriette Elvang University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

DOI 10.48660/14030074
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Talk Type Scientific Series
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Abstract

The dilaton effective action plays a key role for the recent proof of the a-theorem by Schwimmer and Komargodski. In the presence of other massless modes, one may ask if this proof is affected. In particular, in renormalization group (RG) flows with N=1 supersymmetry, there is a natural massless partner of the dilaton, namely an axion field. I will discuss RG flows, the a-theorem, and the form of the N=1 supersymmetric dilaton-axion effective action and its physics.