par Ferrari, Frank 
Référence International journal of modern physics A, 23, 14-15, page (2307-2323)
Publication Publié, 2008-06
Référence International journal of modern physics A, 23, 14-15, page (2307-2323)
Publication Publié, 2008-06
Article révisé par les pairs
| Résumé : | We give a brief account of the recent progresses in super Yang-Mills theories based in particular on the application of Nekrasov's instanton technology to the case of script N = 1 supersymmetry. We have developed a first-principle formalism from which any chiral observable in the theory can be computed, including in strongly coupled confining vacua. The correlators are first expressed in terms of some external variables as sums over colored partitions. The external variables are then fixed to their physical values by extremizing the microscopic quantum superpotential. Remarquably, the results can be shown to coincide with the Dijkgraaf-Vafa matrix model approach, which uses a totally different mathematical framework. These results clarify many important properties of script N = 1 theories, related in particular to generalized Konishi anomaly equations and to Veneziano-Yankielowicz terms in the glueball superpotentials. The proof of the equivalence between the formalisms based on colored partitions and on matrices is also a proof of the open/closed string duality in the chiral sector of the theories. © 2008 World Scientific Publishing Company. |
