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Title: Supercurrent and the Adler-Bardeen theorem in coupled supersymmetric Yang-Mills theories

Journal Article · · Phys. Rev. D; (United States)

We construct the supercurrent and a supersymmetric current which satisfies the Adler-Bardeen theorem in supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory coupled to non-self-interacting chiral matter. Using the formulation recently developed by Grisaru, Milewski, and Zanon, supersymmetry and gauge invariance are maintained with supersymmetric background-field theory and regularization by dimensional reduction. We verify the finiteness of the supercurrent to one loop, and the Adler-Bardeen theorem to two loops by explicit calculations in the minimal-subtraction scheme. We then demonstrate the subtraction-scheme independence of the one-loop Adler-Bardeen anomaly and prove the existence of a subtraction scheme in which the Adler-Bardeen theorem is satisfied to all orders in perturbation theory.

Research Organization:
Physics Department, Box 390, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309
OSTI ID:
5582749
Journal Information:
Phys. Rev. D; (United States), Vol. 36:10
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English