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Hypermultiplet effective action: N = 2 superspace approach

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-11-07 v2

Abstract

In an earlier paper (hep-th/0101127), we developed heat kernel techniques in N = 2 harmonic superspace for the calculation of the low-energy effective action of N = 4 SYM theory, which can be considered as the most symmetric N = 2 SYM theory. Here, the results are extended to generic N = 2 SYM theories. This involves a prescription for computing the variation of the hypermultiplet effective action. Integrability of this variation allows the hypermultiplet effective action to be deduced. This prescription permits a very simple superfield derivation of the perturbative holomorphic prepotential. Explicit calculations of the prepotential and the leading non-holomorphic correction are presented.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0105121,
  title  = {Hypermultiplet effective action: N = 2 superspace approach},
  author = {S. M. Kuzenko and I. N. McArthur},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0105121},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

13 pages, latex, no figures; comments and references added, typos corrected

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