The Discrete $Z_{2N_c}$ Symmetry And Effective Superpotential In SUSY Gluodynamics

TL;DR

This paper derives an effective superpotential for $SU(N_c)$ SUSY gluodynamics that captures the discrete $Z_{2N_c}$ symmetry and describes the vacuum structure, enabling analysis of domain walls and physical states.

Contribution

It provides a new expression for the superpotential incorporating discrete symmetry effects, extending previous models and applicable to vacuum and domain wall analysis.

Findings

Superpotential includes $Z_{2N_c}$ symmetry restoration term.

Scalar potential is free of cusp singularities.

Expression describes all lowest-spin physical states.

Abstract

We find an expression for the effective superpotential describing the $N_c$ vacua of $SU(N_c)$ SUSY gluodynamics. The superpotential reduces in some approximation to the Veneziano-Yankielowicz expression amended by the term restoring the discrete $Z_{2N_c}$ symmetry. Moreover, the superpotential, being restricted to one particular vacuum state, yields the expression which was derived recently to describe all the lowest-spin physical states of the theory. The corresponding scalar potential has no cusp singularities and can be used to study the domain walls interpolating between the chirally asymmetric vacua of the model.