Abstract
We study softly broken supersymmetric N = 4 Yang-Mills theories. In the absence of finiteness constraints among the soft-breaking terms, we term these quasi-super-renormalizable. We show that all the constraints leading to finiteness constitute an infrared fixed hypersurface. We argue that an ultimate finite globally supersymmetric model requires fine-tuning; however, for the purpose of model building at some pseudo-infrared scale, finite theories may be useful. Thus, quasi-super-renormalizable N = 4 can have a nearly finite theory as its low-energy effective field theory. We conclude with some further observations on scale-invariant theories.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 499-508 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Journal | Nuclear Physics B |
Volume | 256 |
Issue number | C |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1985 |