Notes on Theories with 16 Supercharges
High Energy Physics - Theory
2009-09-15 v2
Abstract
We survey the various field theories with 16 real supercharges. The most widely known theory in this class is the N=4 theory in four dimensions. The moduli space of vacua of these theories are described and the physics at the singularities of the moduli spaces are studied.
Cite
@article{arxiv.hep-th/9705117,
title = {Notes on Theories with 16 Supercharges},
author = {Nathan Seiberg},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9705117},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
This is an updated version of lectures presented at the Jerusalem Winter School on Strings and Duality. These notes will appear in the Proceedings of The Trieste Spring School (March 7--12). 22 pages (harvmac). Typos and references corrected