Nonsupersymmetric Dualities from Mirror Symmetry

We study supersymmetry breaking perturbations of the simplest dual pair of (2+1)-dimensional N=2 supersymmetric field theories - the free chiral multiplet and N=2 super QED with a single flavor. We find dual descriptions of a phase diagram containing four distinct massive phases. The equivalence of the intervening critical theories gives rise to several nonsupersymmetric avatars of mirror symmetry: we find dualities relating scalar QED to a free fermion and Wilson-Fisher theories to both scalar and fermionic QED. Thus, mirror symmetry can be viewed as the multicritical parent duality from which these nonsupersymmetric dualities directly descend.Fil: Kachru, Shamit. University of Stanford; Estados UnidosFil: Mulligan, Michael. University of Stanford; Estados Unidos. University of California; Estados UnidosFil: Torroba, Gonzalo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica. Centro Atómico Bariloche; ArgentinaFil: Wang, Huajia. University of Illinois; Estados Unido