The Spectrum and Effective Action of SUSY Gluodynamics

Abstract

We study the low-energy spectrum of SUSY gluodynamics using the generating functional for Green's functions of composite fields. Two dual formulations of the generating functional approach are given. Masses of the bound states are calculated and mixing patterns are discussed. Mass splittings of pure gluonic states, in the case when supersymmetry is softly broken, are consistent with predictions of conventional Yang-Mills theory. The results can be tested in lattice simulations of the SUSY Yang-Mills model.