Supersymmetric Solitons

Summarizes major advances in critical solitons in supersymmetric theories and their implications; now reissued as Open Access.

M. Shifman (Author), A. Yung (Author)

9781009402224, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 27 July 2023

274 pages
24.5 x 16.9 x 1.5 cm, 0.5 kg

In the last decade methods and techniques based on supersymmetry have provided deep insights in quantum chromodynamics and other non-supersymmetric gauge theories at strong coupling. This book summarizes major advances in critical solitons in supersymmetric theories, and their implications for understanding basic dynamical regularities of non-supersymmetric theories. After an extended introduction on the theory of critical solitons, including a historical introduction, the authors focus on three topics: non-Abelian strings and confined monopoles; reducing the level of supersymmetry; and domain walls as D-brane prototypes. They also provide a thorough review of issues at the cutting edge, such as non-Abelian flux tubes. The book presents an extensive summary of the current literature so researchers in this field can understand the background and related issues. First published in 2009, this title has been reissued as an Open Access publication on Cambridge Core.

1. Introduction
Part I. Short Excursion: 2. Central charges in superalgebras
3. The main building blocks
Part II. Long Journey: 4. Non-Abelian strings
5. Less supersymmetry
6. Non-BPS non-Abelian strings
7. Strings on the Higgs branches
8. Domain walls as D-brane prototypes
9. Wall-string junctions
10. Conclusions
Appendixes
References
Index.

Subject Areas: Statistical physics [PHS]