N=1 Finite Unified Theories - Predictions and Dualities

Abstract

N = 1, all-loop Finite Unified Theories (FUTs) are very interesting not only since they realize an old theoretical dream, but also due the remarkable predictive power of particular models as well as for providing candidates that might shed light in non-perturbative Physics. Here we discuss (a) the recent developments concerning the soft supersymmetry breaking (SSB) sector of these theories and the resulting predictions in very interesting realistic models, and (b) the results of a recent search for duals of N=1, all-loop FUTs.

Comments: Latex, 8 pages; talk given at ``31st Internat. Symp. Ahrenshoop Theory of Elementary Particles'' Buckow, Sept. 2-6, 97