S-Duality and Global Symmetries in N=2 Supersymmetric Field Theory
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S-dualities in scale invariant N = 2 supersymmetric field theories are derived by embedding those theories in asymptotically free N = 2 theories with higher rank gauge groups. Sduality transformations on the coupling of the scale invariant theory follow from global symmetries acting on the Coulomb branch of the higher rank theory. Since these global symmetries are exact in the asymptotically free theory, this shows that S-duality is an exact equivalence of N = 2 theories and not just a property of their supersymmetric states.
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