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Supersymmetric Nonlinear Sigma Models

High Energy Physics - Theory 2007-05-23 v1 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology Mathematical Physics math.MP Nuclear Theory

Abstract

Supersymmetric nonlinear sigma models are formulated as gauge theories. Auxiliary chiral superfields are introduced to impose supersymmetric constraints of F-type. Target manifolds defined by F-type constraints are always non-compact. In order to obtain nonlinear sigma models on compact manifolds, we have to introduce gauge symmetry to eliminate the degrees of freedom in non-compact directions. All supersymmetric nonlinear sigma models defined on the hermitian symmetric spaces are successfully formulated as gauge theories.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0006025,
  title  = {Supersymmetric Nonlinear Sigma Models},
  author = {Kiyoshi Higashijima and Muneto Nitta},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0006025},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

LaTeX, 10 pages, no figures, Talk given at the International Symposium on "Quantum Chromodynamics and Color Confinement" (Confinement 2000), 7-10 March 2000, RCNP, Osaka, Japan