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Non-Perturbative Gauge Dynamics in Supersymmetric Theories. A Primer

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I give an introductory review of recent, fascinating developments in supersymmetric gauge theories. I explain pedagogically the miraculous properties of supersymmetric gauge dynamics allowing one to obtain exact solutions in many instances. Various dynamical regimes emerging in supersymmetric Quantum Chromodynamics and its generalizations are discussed. I emphasize those features that have a chance of survival in QCD and those which are drastically different in supersymmetric and non-supersymmetric gauge theories. Unlike most of the recent reviews focusing almost entirely on the progress in extended supersymmetries (the Seiberg-Witten solution of N=2 models), these lectures are mainly devoted to N=1 theories. Developments “after Seiberg” (domain walls in supersymmetric gluodynamics) are briefly discussed.

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Shifman, M. (2002). Non-Perturbative Gauge Dynamics in Supersymmetric Theories. A Primer. In: van Baal, P. (eds) Confinement, Duality, and Non-Perturbative Aspects of QCD. NATO Science Series: B:, vol 368. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-47056-X_18

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