Lattice N=4 three-dimensional super-Yang-Mills

ORAL

Abstract

We describe our recent work on the lattice formulation of N=4 three-dimensional super-Yang-Mills. Our formulation was based on the Donaldson-Witten twist, but we have also been studying the formulation based on the Blau-Thompson twist by Joseph. We find in the latter case there is a single counterterm necessary to restore supersymmetry in the continuum limit, and that this counterterm
can be computed with a two-loop calculation in lattice perturbation theory. It is crucial that this three-dimensional model is super-renormalizable. We also describe some of the motivations for studying three-dimensional theories, including mirror symmetry and holographic cosmology.

*JG and PM were supported in part by the Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of High Energy Physics, Grant No. DE-SC0013496. AL is supported by the Royal Society as a Royal Society University Research Fellowship holder.

Presenters

  • Joel Giedt

    • Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Authors

  • Joel Giedt

    • Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
  • Arthur Lipstein

    • Durham University, UK
  • Paul Martin

    • Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute