TY - JOUR
T1 - 1/2, 1/4 and 1/8 BPS equations in SUSY Yang-Mills-Higgs systems
T2 - Field theoretical brane configurations
AU - Eto, Minoru
AU - Isozumi, Youichi
AU - Nitta, Muneto
AU - Ohashi, Keisuke
N1 - Funding Information:
We are pleased to express much appreciation to Norisuke Sakai for fruitful discussions and continuous encouragements. We would like to thank Kimyeong Lee and Ho-Ung Yee for kindly informing us their results. We are also grateful to Kazutoshi Ohta and Nobuyoshi Ohta for useful comments. The work of K.O. and M.N. (M.E. and Y.I.) is supported by Japan Society for the Promotion of Science under the Post-doctoral (Pre-doctoral) Research Program. M.N. wishes to thank KIAS for their hospitality.
PY - 2006/9/18
Y1 - 2006/9/18
N2 - We systematically classify 1/2, 1/4 and 1/8 BPS equations in SUSY gauge theories in d = 6, 5, 4, 3 and 2 with eight supercharges, with gauge groups and matter contents being arbitrary. Instantons (strings) and vortices (3-branes) are only allowed 1/2 BPS solitons in d = 6 with N = 1 SUSY. We find two 1/4 BPS equations and the unique 1/8 BPS equation in d = 6 by considering configurations made of these field theory branes. All known BPS equations are rederived while many new 1/4 and 1/8 BPS equations are found in dimension less than six by dimensional reductions.
AB - We systematically classify 1/2, 1/4 and 1/8 BPS equations in SUSY gauge theories in d = 6, 5, 4, 3 and 2 with eight supercharges, with gauge groups and matter contents being arbitrary. Instantons (strings) and vortices (3-branes) are only allowed 1/2 BPS solitons in d = 6 with N = 1 SUSY. We find two 1/4 BPS equations and the unique 1/8 BPS equation in d = 6 by considering configurations made of these field theory branes. All known BPS equations are rederived while many new 1/4 and 1/8 BPS equations are found in dimension less than six by dimensional reductions.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2006.06.026
DO - 10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2006.06.026
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:33746840122
SN - 0550-3213
VL - 752
SP - 140
EP - 172
JO - Nuclear Physics B
JF - Nuclear Physics B
IS - 1-2
ER -