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The functional renormalization group equation for the quantum effective action is a powerful tool to investigate non-perturbative phenomena in quantum field theories. We discuss the application of manifest supersymmetric flow equations to the N = 1 Wess-Zumino model in two and three dimensions and the linear O(N) sigma model in three dimensions in the large-N limit. The former is a toy model for dynamical supersymmetry breaking, the latter for an exactly solvable field theory.
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Mastaler, M., Synatschke-Czerwonka, F. & Wipf, A. Supersymmetric renormalization group flows. Phys. Part. Nuclei 43, 593–599 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063779612050255
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