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Supersymmetry, a Biased Review

High Energy Physics - Theory 2007-05-23 v2

Abstract

This set of lectures contain a brief review of some basic supersymmetry and its representations, with emphasis on superspace and superfields. Starting from the Poincar\'e group, the supersymmetric extensions allowed by the Coleman-Mandula theorem and its generalisation to superalgebras, the Haag, Lopuszanski and Sohnius theorem, are discussed. Minkowski space is introduced as a quotient space and Superspace is presented as a direct generalization of this. The focus is then shifted from a general presentation to the relation between supersymmetry and complex geometry as manifested in the possible target space geometries for N=1 and N=2 supersymmetric nonlinear sigma models in four dimensions. Gauging of isometries in nonlinear sigma models is discussed for these cases, and the quotient construction is described.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0204016,
  title  = {Supersymmetry, a Biased Review},
  author = {U. Lindström},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0204016},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

Latex, 28 pages, Invited Lectures at ``The 22nd Winter School Geometry and Physics, Srni, Czech Republic, January 12-19, 2002. V2: Misprints corrected

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