Confinement On the Moose Lattice

Abstract

In this work we present a new class of N=1 supersymmetric confining gauge theories, with strikingly simple infrared theories that descend from intricate interconnected networks of product gauge groups. A diagram of the gauge groups and the charged matter content of the ultraviolet theory has the structure of a triangular lattice, with $SU(N)$ or $SU(3N)$ gauge groups at each of the vertices, connected by bifundamental chiral superfields. This structure admits a $U(1{)}_R$ conserving superpotential with marginal trilinear operators. With the introduction of this superpotential, the $SU(3N)$ and $SU(N)$ gauge groups confine: in the far infrared limit of the supersymmetric theory, the relevant degrees of freedom are gauge invariant "mesons" and "baryons." In this paper we show how the properties of the infrared degrees of freedom depend on the topology and shape of the moose/quiver ``lattice'' of the original gauge theory. We investigate various deformations of the theory, and propose some phenomenological applications for BSM models.

arXiv comment42 pages, 12 figures, 1 table, 1 appendix

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