Evidence for a non-supersymmetric 5d CFT from deformations of 5d SU(2) SYM
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Genolini, Pietro Benetti
Honda, Masazumi
Kim, Hee-Cheol
Tong, David
Vafa, Cumrun
Abstract
Abstract: We study supersymmetry breaking deformations of the N = 1 5d fixed point known as E1, the UV completion of SU(2) super-Yang-Mills. The phases of the non- supersymmetric theory can be characterized by Chern-Simons terms involving background U(1) gauge fields, allowing us to identify a phase transition at strong coupling. We propose that this may signify the emergence of a non-trivial, non-supersymmetric CFT in d = 4 + 1 dimensions.
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Regular Article - Theoretical Physics, Anomalies in Field and String Theories, Field Theories in Higher Dimensions, Nonperturbative Effects
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Journal of High Energy Physics
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1029-8479
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2020
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Springer Berlin Heidelberg