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On nonanticommutative N=2 sigma-models in two dimensions

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-11-11 v2

Abstract

We study nonanticommutative deformations of N=2 two-dimensional Euclidean sigma models. We find that these theories are described by simple deformations of Zumino's Lagrangian and the holomorphic superpotential. Geometrically, this deformation can be interpreted as a fuzziness in target space controlled by the vacuum expectation value of the auxiliary field. In the case of nonanticommutative deformations preserving Euclidean invariance, we find that a continuation of the deformed supersymmetry algebra to Lorentzian signature leads to a rather intriguing central extension of the ordinary (2,2) superalgebra.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0503016,
  title  = {On nonanticommutative N=2 sigma-models in two dimensions},
  author = {Luis Alvarez-Gaume and Miguel A. Vazquez-Mozo},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0503016},
  year   = {2009}
}

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29 pages. Typos corrected and references added

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