Non-renormalization of induced charges and constraints on strongly coupled theories

S. L. Dubovsky, D. S. Gorbunov, M. V. Libanov, V. A. Rubakov

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    Abstract

    It is shown that global fermionic charges induced in vacuum by slowly varying, topologically non-trivial background scalar fields are not renormalized provided that expansion in momenta of background fields is valid. This suggests that strongly coupled theories obey induced charge matching conditions which are analogous, but generally not equivalent, to 't Hooft anomaly matching conditions. We give a few examples of induced charge matching. In particular, the corresponding constraints in softly broken supersymmetric QCD suggest non-trivial low-energy mass pattern, in full accord with the results of direct analyses.

    Original languageEnglish (US)
    Pages (from-to)147-158
    Number of pages12
    JournalPhysics Report
    Volume320
    Issue number1-6
    DOIs
    StatePublished - Oct 1999

    Keywords

    • 11.15.Me

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • General Physics and Astronomy

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