A Euclidean Lattice Construction of Supersymmetric Yang-Mills Theories with Sixteen Supercharges

David B. Kaplan; Mithat Unsal

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A Euclidean Lattice Construction of Supersymmetric Yang-Mills Theories with Sixteen Supercharges

David B. Kaplan, Mithat Unsal

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Submitted 30 Mar 2005 · 43 references

Pith's verdict: A genuine construction paper: the Q=16 A*_d lattices are new and the tree-level continuum limit is delivered, with one narrow gap in the doubler argument that deserves a direct computation.

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CitationDavid B. Kaplan, Mithat Unsal. "A Euclidean Lattice Construction of Supersymmetric Yang-Mills Theories with Sixteen Supercharges." arXiv:hep-lat/0503039 (2005). https://pith.science/paper/JXMZBM7O

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This is the capstone of the Kaplan–Unsal orbifold/deconstruction program: they take the Q=16 mother theory, project by Z_N^d with r_mu = q_mu - q_{d+1}, and get A*_d lattices whose classical continuum limits are N=4 SYM in d=4 and the BFSS matrix model in d=1. The prior papers in the series covered Q=4 and Q=8; this one does the maximal case, and the SU(5) decomposition (Table 1), the four-simplex geometry (eqs. 3.24–3.29), and the parallel SU(4)/SU(3)/SU(2) constructions in lower d are all worked out explicitly. The claim is deliberately narrow — tree-level continuum limit — and it is delivered. The bosonic expansions (3.34–3.37, 4.45, 5.20, 6.13) are term by term, and Appendix B computes the free boson spectrum and shows M(p)^2 = sum_m P_m^2 vanishes only at p=0, not at zone corners. That is a real calculation, not a hand-wave, and it is the part of the paper I trust most after the decomposition tables themselves. Section 7 is candid about what is not done: fine tuning under radiative corrections is unresolved, d=4 could at worst need logarithmic tuning, and simulation is impractical because of massless fermions and a sign problem. Those are acknowledged, not hidden, and they sit outside the stated claim. Two gaps are inside it. The fermionic continuum-limit algebra is asserted to be checked 'by extensive use of Mathematica' (Section 3.5.2) without display. More importantly, the no-fermion-doubler conclusion is deferred to supersymmetry (Appendix B, final paragraph) rather than computed. The reader's weakest-assumption note lands on exactly this point, and I agree with it: the lattice action is only Q=1 supersymmetric in d=4, and Q=1 does not by itself enforce a mode-by-mode boson/fermion degeneracy across the full Brillouin zone. The fermion kinetic operator is built from the same P_m, so a direct computation would very likely confirm the conclusion — but it is not shown, and it should be. This is a request for one more calculation, not a reason to reject. The '2^{4-d} is maximal' claim in Section 2.2 is also asserted rather than proved, though it is plausible on the weight-counting argument given. Who should read it: anyone working on lattice supersymmetry, orbifold/deconstruction, or nonperturbative formulations of N=4 and matrix theory. It is a construction paper, so its value is as a reference and a starting point, not as a numerical result. It deserves a serious referee, and I would cite it.

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If the construction holds, this is an important paper: it supplies the first Euclidean spacetime lattice formulation of the maximally supersymmetric Yang-Mills theories in d <= 4, complementing the spatial-lattice Hamiltonian construction of ref. [11] and giving a path-integral formulation of Matrix Theory in d = 1. The technical device that makes it work, the r_mu = q_mu - q_{d+1} embedding, is elegant and is justified by three explicit criteria in §2.2 rather than asserted. The paper is unusually explicit about its own scope: §7 states plainly that radiative corrections and possible fine tuning are not analysed, that the d = 4 case may at worst require logarithmic fine tuning, and that the lattices currently suffer both massless fermions and a sign problem (footnote 15). The bosonic continuum limits are derived term by term and the A*_d geometry is pinned down by the orthogonal matrix E of eqs. (3.28), (4.40), (5.14), (6.8), which is a genuinely useful bridge between the SU(d+1) tensor notation of the construction and the SO(d) x SO(10-d) notation of the target. Appendix B's spectrum computation is a real check, not a gesture. These are substantial strengths and they are stated,

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[Appendix B, final paragraph] The closing inference, 'A similar analysis for the fermions is possible but unnecessary, as the exact supersymmetry precludes fermion doublers in the absence of their bosonic counterparts,' is stated more quickly than the logic supports. The lattice action in d = 4 is only Q = 1 supersymmetric (eq. (3.20)), and Q = 1 does not by itself enforce a mode-by-mode boson/fermion degeneracy across the whole Brillouin zone; the superfield formulation pairs components within a multiplet, whereas the doubler question concerns the full spectrum of the quadratic operator. The conclusion is almost certainly correct, but the reason is different and stronger: in the free limit the fermion quadratic operator is built from the same P_m of eq. (B.10) and squares to M(p)^2 times the identity (up to the gauge zero mode), so its determinant can vanish only where the bosonic M(p)^2 does. I recommend replacing the one-line appeal to supersymmetry with this explicit statement, or with a pointer to the detailed boson-and-fermion analysis already carried out in ref. [12] for the analogous lower-supersymmetry case. The same deferral recurs in the d = 3, 2 and 1 sections and should be corrected consistently.
[§3.5.2, eqs. (3.39)-(3.43)] The fermionic continuum limit is the one place where the paper asks the reader to take a result on faith. The bosonic sector is expanded term by term with every intermediate step displayed, but the fermionic reduction from eq. (3.38) to eq. (3.43) is reported as following 'by extensive use of Mathematica' with no intermediate identity shown. Since the central claim of the paper is precisely that the classical continuum limit reproduces the target theory, and since the fermionic terms carry the SO(6) R-symmetry emergence that the paper emphasises, at least the key step should be visible: the contraction of the epsilon tensor with the SU(5) decomposition of eq. (3.40) that produces the Gamma-matrix structure of eq. (3.41), and the demonstration that the rotated basis of eq. (3.42) is orthogonal with C unchanged. Displaying that identity, or depositing the notebook, would make the result checkable rather than citable to the authors' own computation.

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[Abstract] The abstract refers to 'Ad* lattices'; this appears to be a typographical corruption of A*_d. The abstract also uses U(N) for the target gauge group while the body consistently uses U(k) for the target and N for the number of lattice sites per direction; harmonising the notation would avoid confusion for readers who meet the abstract first.
[§2.3] The sentence 'the most symmetric choice corresponds to not to an A*_d lattice, rather than a hypercubic one' is garbled and should read something like 'the most symmetric choice corresponds not to a hypercubic lattice but to an A*_d lattice.' The same paragraph contains 'in the theory that the greater the symmetry of the spacetime lattice, the fewer relevant or marginal operators will exist,' where 'in the theory that' should presumably be 'on the theory that' or 'in the belief that.'
[§4.1] 'The action has a form form similar to that in eq. (3.2)' contains a duplicated word.
[§5.2, eq. (5.13)] The displayed equation for the site coordinate R ends with a bare equals sign and no right-hand side; the expression a sum_nu (mu_nu . n) e_nu has evidently been dropped.
[§5.2] Two cross-references in this section point to the wrong equations: 'we expand the lattice action around the point eq. (4.35)' should cite eq. (5.10), and 'Em_mu, with mu = 1, 2, are the components of the vectors e_m of eq. (4.36)' should cite eq. (5.11). The phrase 'the three z_m, m = 1, 2' also has an index range inconsistent with the stated count.
[§6.2] 'We expand the action eq. (5.8) to leading order' should refer to eq. (6.5), the one-dimensional lattice action derived in §6.1.
[Appendix D] The sentence 'it is possible then to relate we can express them in terms of the lambda, xi_mn and psi_m variables' is grammatically broken and needs rewriting.
[§7] The discussion of fine tuning is appropriately candid, but the sentence beginning 'It seems plausible to the authors that the continuum (UV) and large volume (IR) limits ... could be coordinated' would read more honestly if explicitly labelled as a conjecture rather than left in the register of an expectation. This is a presentation point only; the limitation itself is already acknowledged and I do not treat it as a new finding.

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The paper constructs Euclidean $A_d^*$ lattices whose classical continuum limits are the sixteen-supercharge supersymmetric Yang-Mills theories in $d=1,2,3,4$.

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The paper asks whether the sixteen-supercharge supersymmetric Yang-Mills theories, including $N=4$ in four dimensions and the matrix model of M-theory in one dimension, can be put on a Euclidean spacetime lattice without losing the supersymmetry that keeps the continuum limit under control. Its answer is a family of $A_d^*$ lattices obtained by orbifold-projecting a single zero-dimensional mother matrix model, the dimensional reduction of ten-dimensional $N=1$ super Yang-Mills. The projection is chosen so that $2^{4-d}$ supercharges survive exactly on the lattice, and the paper shows at tree level that expanding about the symmetric point in moduli space reproduces the target $U(k)$ gauge theory with its emergent $SO(d) imes SO(10-d)$ symmetry. The construction matters because it supplies a nonperturbative Euclidean regulator for theories that had previously been defined only on a spatial lattice or formally; the paper is explicit that radiative fine-tuning and numerical simulation remain open.

What carries the argument

The load-bearing device is the charge assignment $r_mu = q_mu - q_{d+1}$ for $mu=1,dots,d$, where the $q_m$ are the five $U(1)$ Cartan charges of $SO(10)$. This choice makes each component of $r$ equal to $0$ or $pm 1$, so the orbifold keeps only nearest-neighbor links, and it identifies the $d$ charges with the Cartan subalgebra of an $SU(d+1)$ subgroup. The lattice is therefore the dual $A_d^*$ lattice generated by the fundamental weights of $SU(d+1)$, and each mother-theory variable lands on a site or link according to its $SU(d+1)$ weight. The superfield formalism, with chiral, anti-chiral, vector, and Fermi multiplets, carries the exact supersymmetry through the projection and organizes the proof that the continuum action has the desired Yukawa and gauge interactions.

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The central claim is that a single mother matrix model can be orbifolded by $Z_N^d$ in a way that produces a local Euclidean lattice in $d$ dimensions whose classical continuum limit is the sixteen-supercharge $U(k)$ supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory. The lattice is not hypercubic: the surviving variables sit on links of an $A_d^*$ lattice, with their positions fixed by weights of an $SU(d+1)$ subgroup of the mother theory's $SO(10)$ symmetry. The paper writes the lattice action in a superfield form that makes the exact supersymmetry manifest, with $Q=1$ in $d=4$, $Q=2$ in $d=3$, $Q=4$ in $d=2$, and $Q=8$ in $d=1$, and then expands about $z_m = ar z_m = 1/(a sqrt{2}) 1_k$ for all $m$ to recover the target action at leading order in the lattice spacing. Appendix B checks the bosonic spectrum on the $d=4$ lattice and finds no doublers; the paper states that the same follows for fermions by the exact supersymmetry.

Load-bearing premise

The load-bearing premise is that the exact lattice supersymmetry pairs every bosonic mode with a fermionic mode of the same dispersion at every lattice momentum, so that the bosonic no-doubler check in Appendix B transfers to fermions; if that pairing fails at a Brillouin-zone corner, the classical continuum limit contains unwanted fermion species.

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It gives a Euclidean path-integral regulator for $N=4$ super Yang-Mills in four dimensions whose lattice action preserves one exact supercharge, so the dangerous scalar mass terms are forbidden by symmetry rather than fine-tuned.
It supplies a Euclidean lattice formulation of Matrix Theory in one dimension with eight exact supercharges, complementing the earlier spatial-lattice Hamiltonian approach.
In $d=2$ and $d=3$ the exact supersymmetry plus super-renormalizability is expected by the authors to remove the need for fine-tuning; in $d=4$ the paper allows at most logarithmic fine-tuning.
The construction gives explicit $A_d^*$ lattice geometries and superfield actions that can be used to study emergent chiral symmetry, gauge duality, and large-$N$ gravity duals analytically.

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The same orbifold template should apply to other sixteen-supercharge theories with different global symmetry groups, because the construction only uses the $SO(10)$ Cartan charges and the choice of an $SU(d+1)$ subgroup; the unbroken supercharge count would still be $2^{4-d}$.
If the fermion no-doubler argument can be made explicit, it would give a lattice example of supersymmetry protecting a chiral-like spectrum without the usual Ginsparg-Wilson construction, which the paper itself flags as an open question.
The $d=1$ and $d=2$ cases are the most accessible places to test the construction numerically or analytically, since they avoid the full four-dimensional complexity while retaining the orbifold link structure and exact supersymmetry.
A one-loop effective action on the $A_d^*$ lattice would be the natural next calculation to see whether the exact supersymmetry and super-renormalizability really eliminate the relevant operators that the tree-level matching does not control.

Original abstract

We formulate supersymmetric Euclidean spacetime Ad* lattices whose classical continuum limits are U(N) supersymmetric Yang-Mills theories with sixteen supercharges in d=1,2,3 and 4 dimensions. This family includes the especially interesting N=4 supersymmetry in four dimensions, as well as a Euclidean path integral formulation of Matrix Theory on a one dimensional lattice.

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We formulate supersymmetric Euclidean spacetime Ad* lattices whose classical continuum limits are U(N) supersymmetric Yang-Mills theories with sixteen supercharges in d=1,2,3 and 4 dimensions. This family includes the especially interesting N=4 supersymmetry in four dimensions, as well as a Euclidean path integral formulation of Matrix Theory on a one dimensional lattice.

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**Figure 1.** The cubic lattice, corresponding to the trajectory in moduli space given in eq. (4.34)

**Figure 2.** The Z m and Zm superfields reside on the dark blue links; the Ξ k and Ξk superfields live on the light blue links, and the T and Υ superfields live on the sites. However one should note that the superfields are not completely local, and contain terms looking like the square root of a plaquette. In order to relate the lattice fields to continuum fields, we expand the lattice action around the point eq. (4.35). However, the structure of the lattice is dictated by SU(4)× U(1)× U(1) and the continuum fields transform under SO(3) × SO(7). To make the connection between lattice and…

**Figure 3.** The square d = 2 lattice following from the expansion eq. (5.9). The r = µ1,2 variables in

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Exact lattice supersymmetry
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Constructed its 2d theory following the procedure of Kaplan et al., finding that this paper's procedure applies perfectly in parallel.

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Defined an orthogonal matrix P_mn with the help of this paper to rewrite T_m and rescale S_m.

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From that we construct 2d theory following the procedure of Kaplan et al. It turns out that the procedure in [ref] applies perfectly in parallel; Although we have a small number of deformation terms, essentially the same orbifolding condition can be used.

A proposal of a fine tuning free formulation of 4d N=4 super Yang-Mills · Basic idea · 0.81
This is exactly the situation where we can carry out the orbifolding procedure and produce a $d$-dimensional lattice action [ref] –Cohen:2003qw [ref] .

Geometry of Orbifolded Supersymmetric Lattice Gauge Theories · Introduction · 0.80
In order to obtain a two-dimensional lattice formulation, we follow the standard procedure and mod out by $Z_N×Z_N$ which is a subgroup of the full symmetry group of the mother theory [ref] –Cohen:2003xeCohen:2003qw [ref] .

Lattice Supersymmetry: Equivalence between the Link Approach and Orbifolding · Supersymmetry transformations in the mother theory · 0.92

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This charge assignment is similar to the one used in 2d $N=(8,8)$ Kaplan-Ünsal model [ref] .

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This is slightly different from those in the original papers [ref] reflecting a difference of motivation (the target of the original papers was exact supersymmetry on the lattice).

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It would also be interesting to compare these lattice actions with those derived by orbifold methods as detailed in [ref] .

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[ref] for related papers on spacetime lattices. ] His analyses were based on multiple fundamental misconceptions.

Comments on "Ether of Orbifolds" · Introduction · 0.85
Let us now recall how the orbifolded matrix theory can be regarded as a lattice theory [ref] – [ref] .

Geometry of Orbifolded Supersymmetric Lattice Gauge Theories · Introduction · 0.92
As discussed in detail in [ref] –Cohen:2003xeCohen:2003qw [ref] , an orbifold lattice theory is obtained by performing an appropriate orbifold projection to a supersymmetric Yang-Mills matrix theory (mother theory) followed by deconstruction, that is, by expanding the orbifolded matrix theory around a classical vacuum.

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