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Four-loop beta function in N=2 supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory, dimensional reduction, and treatment of γ5

  • M. A. Bezuglov
  • B. A. Kniehl
  • V. N. Velizhanin
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Abstract

Adopting the dimensional-reduction scheme, we diagrammatically compute, at four loops, the beta function of N=2 supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory, which is well known to vanish beyond one loop. This provides a formidable testbed for both the treatment of the problematic γ5 Dirac matrix in D dimensions and the implementation of the dimensional-reduction scheme. In the use of the reading-point method of γ5, being preferable for convenience, specific details of implementation start to matter at four loops. We thus rigorously validate these implementation issues, which have previously been advocated for the calculation of the gauge-coupling beta functions at four loops in the Standard Model.

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@misc{bezuglov2026fourloop,
  title = {{Four-loop beta function in N=2 supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory, dimensional reduction, and treatment of $γ_5$}},
  author = {M. A. Bezuglov and B. A. Kniehl and V. N. Velizhanin},
  howpublished = {arXiv},
  year = {2026},
  month = sep,
  doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2609.40326},
  eprint = {2609.40326},
  archivePrefix = {arXiv},
  url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.40326},
}
RIS
TY  - UNPB
TI  - Four-loop beta function in N=2 supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory, dimensional reduction, and treatment of γ_5
AU  - M. A. Bezuglov
AU  - B. A. Kniehl
AU  - V. N. Velizhanin
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/09/30
PB  - arXiv
DO  - 10.48550/arxiv.2609.40326
UR  - https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.40326
AB  - Adopting the dimensional-reduction scheme, we diagrammatically compute, at four loops, the beta function of N=2 supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory, which is well known to vanish beyond one loop. This provides a formidable testbed for both the treatment of the problematic γ_5 Dirac matrix in D dimensions and the implementation of the dimensional-reduction scheme. In the use of the reading-point method of γ_5, being preferable for convenience, specific details of implementation start to matter at four loops. We thus rigorously validate these implementation issues, which have previously been advocated for the calculation of the gauge-coupling beta functions at four loops in the Standard Model.
ER  -