I.F.T.
Almuerzo-Seminario
(Lunch seminar)
March 1st 2000, 15:00 p.m.
The Uses of Whitham Hierarchies in N=2 Supersymmetric Gauge Theories
José D. Edelstein
(U. de Santiago de Compostela)
The Seiberg-Witten solution to the low energy effective dynamics of
N=2 supersymmetric gauge theories can be reformulated in terms of
certain integrable systems whose averaged dynamics is governed by
a sort of RG equations that define the so-called Whitham hierarchy.
I will show that this is a very fruitful framework both to study
many features of the infrared dynamics of N=2 supersymetric gauge
theories (instanton corrections, strong coupling expansions, soft
supersymmetry breaking, etc), as well as to implement natural
generalizations of the SW solution.
Where: Modulo C-XVI, 3rd floor,
Facultad de Ciencias U.A.M., C.U. Cantoblanco, 28049-Madrid
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