Instantons and Supersymmetry
High Energy Physics - Theory
2008-11-26 v2
Abstract
The role of instantons in describing non-perturbative aspects of globally supersymmetric gauge theories is reviewed. The cases of theories with N=1, N=2 and N=4 supersymmetry are discussed. Special attention is devoted to the intriguing relation between instanton solutions in field theory and branes in string theory.
Cite
@article{arxiv.hep-th/0703142,
title = {Instantons and Supersymmetry},
author = {Massimo Bianchi and Stefano Kovacs and Giancarlo Rossi},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0703142},
year = {2008}
}
Comments
Latex 170 pages, several figures, uses svmult.cls. v2: minor corrections, references added. Contribution to the volume "String Theory and Fundamental Interactions", dedicated to Gabriele Veneziano on his 65th birthday