Supersymmetric Solitons and How They Help Us Understand Non-Abelian Gauge Theories Export

@article{citeulike:2721188, abstract = {In the last decade it became clear that methods and techniques based on supersymmetry provide deep insights in quantum chromodynamics and other supersymmetric and non-supersymmetric gauge theories at strong coupling. In this review we summarize major advances in the critical (Bogomol'nyi-Prasad-Sommerfeld-saturated, BPS for short) solitons in supersymmetric theories and their implications for understanding basic dynamical regularities of non-supersymmetric theories. After a brief introduction in the theory of critical solitons (including a historical introduction) we focus on three topics: (i) non-Abelian strings in N=2 and confined monopoles; (ii) reducing the level of supersymmetry; and (iii) domain walls as D brane prototypes.}, archivePrefix = {arXiv}, author = {Shifman, M. and Yung, A.}, citeulike-article-id = {2721188}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0703267}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://arxiv.org/pdf/hep-th/0703267}, day = {17}, eprint = {hep-th/0703267}, keywords = {gauge\_theory, non-abelian, supersymmetric\_solitons}, month = {Apr}, posted-at = {2009-07-29 08:46:48}, priority = {2}, title = {Supersymmetric Solitons and How They Help Us Understand Non-Abelian Gauge Theories}, url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0703267}, year = {2007} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2721188 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2721188 N2 - In the last decade it became clear that methods and techniques based on supersymmetry provide deep insights in quantum chromodynamics and other supersymmetric and non-supersymmetric gauge theories at strong coupling. In this review we summarize major advances in the critical (Bogomol'nyi-Prasad-Sommerfeld-saturated, BPS for short) solitons in supersymmetric theories and their implications for understanding basic dynamical regularities of non-supersymmetric theories. After a brief introduction in the theory of critical solitons (including a historical introduction) we focus on three topics: (i) non-Abelian strings in N=2 and confined monopoles; (ii) reducing the level of supersymmetry; and (iii) domain walls as D brane prototypes. TI - Supersymmetric Solitons and How They Help Us Understand Non-Abelian Gauge Theories KW - gauge_theory KW - non-abelian KW - supersymmetric_solitons AU - Shifman, M AU - Yung, A PY - 2007/Apr/17/ UR - http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0703267 ER -