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Dynamical Breaking of Supersymmetry

Edward Witten
- 05 Oct 1981 - 
- Vol. 188, Iss: 3, pp 513-554
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In this article, general conditions for dynamical supersymmetry breaking are discussed and examples are given (in 0 + 1 and 2 + 1 dimensions) in which such a program in four dimensions is possible.
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This article is published in Nuclear Physics.The article was published on 1981-10-05. It has received 3270 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Supersymmetry breaking & Symmetry breaking.

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Effective theory on non-Abelian vortices in six dimensions

TL;DR: In this paper, the moduli space for the multi-vortices is found to be a vector bundle over the complex Grassmann manifold, and a systematic method to obtain the most general form of the effective Lagrangian consistent with symmetry is proposed.
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A new family of N-fold supersymmetry: type B

TL;DR: In this paper, a new family of N -fold supersymmetric systems referred to as "type B" was constructed, which includes two quasi-solvable models of the Post-Turbiner type.
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On Conformal Deformations II

TL;DR: In this paper, the conformal index is used to count the number of exactly marginal deformations in weakly coupled theories, and its consistency with the Leigh-Strassler method is shown.
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Relativistic supersymmetric quantum mechanics based on Klein–Gordon equation

TL;DR: Witten's non-relativistic formalism of supersymmetric quantum mechanics was based on a factorization and partnership between Schrodinger equations and it accommodates a transition to the partnership between relativistic Klein-Gordon equations.
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Four types of (super)conformal mechanics: D-module reps and invariant actions

TL;DR: In this article, the authors derived four types of d = 1 superconformal actions for centerless superVirasoro algebras, in the homogeneous case for N = 1, 2, 3, 4, and in the inhomogeneously induced case for n= 1,2,3,4 systems.
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A new proof of the positive energy theorem

TL;DR: In this article, a new proof of the positive energy theorem of classical general relativity was given and it was shown that there are no asymptotically Euclidean gravitational instantons.
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Recent Developments in Gauge Theories

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a survey of recent developments on non-perturbative gauge fields by some of the leading experts and innovators in this field, including the Cargese Institute on "Recent Developments on Gauge Theories".
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Chiral-symmetry breakdown in large-N chromodynamics

TL;DR: In this article, it was shown that in the limit of a large number of colors, under reasonable assumptions, this symmetry group must spontaneously break down to diagonal σ(n) under chiral conditions.
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On constrained instantons

TL;DR: In this article, a simple method is presented for doing systematic constrained instanton calculations in models such as φ4 or Higgs theories where the presence of a mass term prevents the existence of a classical solution.
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