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Finite Number of States, de Sitter Space and Quantum Groups at Roots of Unity
Philippe Pouliot
This paper explores the use of a deformation by a root of unity as a tool to build models with a finite number of states for applications to quantum gravity. The initial motivation…
Spectroscopy of Gauge Theories Based on Exceptional Lie Groups
Philippe Pouliot
We generate by computer a basis of invariants for the fundamental representations of the exceptional Lie groups E(6) and E(7), up to degree 18. We discuss the relevance of this cal…
Quantum Determinism for Free Vector Bosons in 3 Dimensions
Philippe Pouliot
We apply 't Hooft's deterministic quantum mechanics approach to free vector bosons in three dimensions and check Lorentz invariance. This approach does not work for the conformal g…
Evidence for Winding States in Noncommutative Quantum Field Theory
W. Fischler, Joaquim Gomis, E. Gorbatov +3
We study noncommutative field theories at finite temperature to learn more about the degrees of freedom in the non-planar sector of these systems. We find evidence for winding stat…
Molien Function for Duality
Philippe Pouliot
The Molien function counts the number of independent group invariants of a representation. For chiral superfields, it is invariant under duality by construction. We illustrate how…
Membrane Scattering with M-Momentum Transfer
Joseph Polchinski, Philippe Pouliot
Membrane scattering in m(atrix) theory is related to dynamics in three-dimensional gauge theory, with transfer of being an instanton process. We calculate the inst…
D-branes and Short Distances in String Theory
Michael R. Douglas, Daniel Kabat, Philippe Pouliot +1
We study the behavior of D-branes at distances far shorter than the string length scale~. We argue that short-distance phenomena are described by the IR behavior of the D-bran…
A Comment on Zero-brane Quantum Mechanics
Daniel Kabat, Philippe Pouliot
We consider low energy, non-relativistic scattering of two Dirichlet zero-branes as an exercise in quantum mechanics. For weak string coupling and sufficiently small velocity, the…
Duality and Dynamical Supersymmetry Breaking in with a Spinor
P. Pouliot, M. J. Strassler
We study supersymmetric chiral gauge theories with a single spinor representation and vector representations. We present a dual description in terms of…
A Chiral Gauge Theory and its Non-Chiral Dual
P. Pouliot, M. J. Strassler
We study supersymmetric gauge theories with a symmetric tensor and antifundamental representations. The theory with has a dual description in terms of a non-chi…
Duality in SUSY with an Antisymmetric Tensor
P. Pouliot
We present a dual description for supersymmetric gauge theory with an antisymmetric tensor and fundamentals, and no superpotential. This duality is derived from the dualiti…
Chiral Duals of Non-Chiral SUSY Gauge Theories
P. Pouliot
We study SUSY gauge theories in four dimensions with gauge group and flavors of quarks in the spinorial representation. We find that in the range $6< N_f < 15…
Exact Superpotentials, Quantum Vacua and Duality in Supersymmetric SP(N_c) Gauge Theories
K. Intriligator, P. Pouliot
We study supersymmetric gauge theories with flavors of quarks in the fundamental representation. Depending on and , we find exact, dynamically gene…
INSTANTON CALCULATIONS VERSUS EXACT RESULTS IN 4 DIMENSIONAL SUSY GAUGE THEORIES.
D. Finnell, P. Pouliot
We relate the non-perturbative exact results in supersymmetry to perturbation theory using several different methods: instanton calculations at weak or strong coupling, a method us…