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The dynamics of 4d N=1 gauge theories

Noppadol Mekareeya - INFN Milano-Bicocca
 
  Syllabus  
    1. Non-renormalisation theorem for the superpotential.
    2. The pure N=1 gauge theory.
    3. The Witten index.
    4. Supersymmetric QCD and its quantum behaviours.
    5. The Seiberg duality.
    6. The supersymmetric index on S3×S1.
    7. Introduction to conformal manifolds.
    8. The a-maximisation.
 
 
Prerequisites
Topics in quantum field theory (in the level of Peskin and Schroeder), including renormalisation group flows, non-abelian gauge theories, spontaneous symmetry breaking and anomalies.
Some basic knowledge in supersymmetry, including the 4d N=1 supersymmetry algebra and some elementary knowledge of the superfield formalism. 		 
 
  Preliminary Lecture notes