Nonperturbative determination of the ${\cal N} = 1$ supersymmetric Yang-Mills gluino condensate at large $N$

Abstract

We present the first nonperturbative large-$N$ calculation of the $\mathcal{N}=1$ supersymmetric (SUSY) $\mathrm{SU}(N)$ Yang$-$Mills gluino condensate obtained by means of numerical simulations of the lattice-discretized theory, exploiting large-$N$ twisted volume reduction. We present two different determinations based, respectively, on the Banks$-$Casher formula and on the Gell-Mann$-$Oakes$-$Renner relation, both giving perfectly consistent results. By expressing the lattice results in the Novikov$-$Shifman$-$Vainshtein$-$Zakharov (NSVZ) scheme, we are able for the first time to compare numerical and analytic computations. Our most accurate determination of the Renormalization Group Invariant (RGI) gluino condensate gives $\Sigma_{\rm RGI} /\Lambda_{\rm NSVZ}^3 = [1.18\, (08)_{\rm stat}\, (12)_{\rm syst}]^3 = 1.64(33)_{\rm stat} \, (50)_{\rm syst} = 1.64(60)$, in agreement with the $N$-dependence and the value predicted by the weak coupling instanton-based approach $\Sigma_{\rm RGI} /\Lambda_{\rm NSVZ}^3 = 1$.