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Other authors / contributors: | Galperin, A. S. (Alexander Samoilovich), 1954-
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ISBN: | 0511041454 9780511041457 9780511535109 0511535104 0521801648 9780521801645 0521020425 9780521020428
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Notes: | Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
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Summary: | This is a pedagogical introduction to the harmonic superspace method in extended supersymmetry. Inspired by exciting developments in superstring theory, it provides a systematic treatment of the quantum field theories with N=2 and N=3 supersymmetry in harmonic superspace. The authors present the harmonic superspace approach as a means of providing an off-shell description of the N=2 supersymmetric theories, both at the classical and quantum levels. Furthermore, they show how it offers a unique way to construct an off-shell formulation of a theory with higher supersymmetry, namely the N=3 supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory. Harmonic Superspace makes manifest many remarkable geometric properties of the N=2 theories, for example, the one-to-one correspondence between N=2 supersymmetric matter, and hyper-Kähler and quaternionic manifolds. This book will be of interest to researchers and graduate students working in the areas of supersymmetric quantum field theory, string theory and complex geometries.
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Other form: | Print version: Harmonic superspace. New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001 0521801648
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