<p>We calculate the <i>θ</i> dependence in a cousin of QCD, where the vacuum structure can be analyzed exactly. The theory is <InlineEquation ID="IEq1"> <EquationSource Format="MATHML"><math display="inline"> <mi mathvariant="script">N</mi> </math></EquationSource> <EquationSource Format="TEX">\( \mathcal{N} \)</EquationSource> </InlineEquation> = 2 SU(2) gauge theory with <i>N</i><sub><i>F</i></sub> = 0, 1, 2, 3 flavors of fundamentals, explicitly broken to <InlineEquation ID="IEq2"> <EquationSource Format="MATHML"><math display="inline"> <mi mathvariant="script">N</mi> </math></EquationSource> <EquationSource Format="TEX">\( \mathcal{N} \)</EquationSource> </InlineEquation> = 1 via an adjoint superpotential, and coupled to anomaly mediated supersymmetry breaking (AMSB). The hierarchy <i>m</i><sub><i>AMSB</i></sub> ≪ <i>μ</i><sub>𝒩=1</sub> ≪ Λ ensures the validity of our IR analysis. As expected from ordinary QCD, the vacuum energy is a function of <i>θ</i> which undergoes 1st order phase transitions between different vacua where the various dyons condense. For <i>N</i><sub><i>F</i></sub> = 0 we find the expected phase transition at <i>θ</i> = <i>π</i>, while for <i>N</i><sub><i>F</i></sub> = 1, 2, 3 we find phase transitions at fractional values of <i>π</i>.</p>

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Phase transitions at unusual values of θ

  • Csaba Csáki,
  • Teruhiko Kawano,
  • Hitoshi Murayama,
  • Ofri Telem

摘要

We calculate the θ dependence in a cousin of QCD, where the vacuum structure can be analyzed exactly. The theory is N \( \mathcal{N} \) = 2 SU(2) gauge theory with NF = 0, 1, 2, 3 flavors of fundamentals, explicitly broken to N \( \mathcal{N} \) = 1 via an adjoint superpotential, and coupled to anomaly mediated supersymmetry breaking (AMSB). The hierarchy mAMSBμ𝒩=1 ≪ Λ ensures the validity of our IR analysis. As expected from ordinary QCD, the vacuum energy is a function of θ which undergoes 1st order phase transitions between different vacua where the various dyons condense. For NF = 0 we find the expected phase transition at θ = π, while for NF = 1, 2, 3 we find phase transitions at fractional values of π.