Harmonic Superspace

di A. S. Galperin (Autore)

E. A. Ivanov (Autore)

V. I. Ogievetsky (Autore)

Cambridge University Press, 2007

This is a pedagogical introduction to the harmonic superspace method in extended supersymmetry. Inspired by exciting developments in superstring theory, it provides a systematic treatment of the quantum field theories with N=2 and N=3 supersymmetry in harmonic superspace. The authors present the harmonic superspace approach as a means of providing an off-shell description of the N=2 supersymmetric theories, both at the classical and quantum levels. Furthermore, they show how it offers a unique way to construct an off-shell formulation of a theory with higher supersymmetry, namely the N=3 supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory. Harmonic Superspace makes manifest many remarkable geometric properties of the N=2 theories, for example, the one-to-one correspondence between N=2 supersymmetric matter, and hyper-Kahler and quaternionic manifolds. This book will be of interest to researchers and graduate students working in the areas of supersymmetric quantum field theory, string theory and complex geometries.

• Autore: A. S. Galperin, E. A. Ivanov, V. I. Ogievetsky
• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Collana: Cambridge Monographs on Mathematical Physics
• Anno: 2007
• Rilegatura: Paperback / softback
• Pagine: 324 p.
• Dimensioni: 243 x 168 mm
• Peso: 519 gr.
• EAN: 9780521020428

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