Generalized Kahler manifolds and off-shell supersymmetry
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| Year of publication | 2007 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Communications in Mathematical Physics |
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| web | http://arXiv.org/abs/hep-th/0512164 |
| Field | Elementary particles and high-energy physics |
| Keywords | High energy physics; Differential Geometry |
| Description | We solve the long standing problem of finding an off-shell supersymmetric formulation for a general N = (2, 2) nonlinear two dimensional sigma model. Geometrically the problem is equivalent to proving the existence of special coordinates; these correspond to particular superfields that allow for a superspace description. We construct and explain the geometric significance of the generalized Kahler potential for any generalized Kahler manifold; this potential is the superspace Lagrangian. |
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