Harmonic Superspace (Cambridge Monographs on Mathematical Physics)
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'Harmonic Superspace ... is the first discussion, outside of the confines of the research literature, to present pedagogically the intricacies of its topic. This is a unique book.' Physics Today
'... it deserves a place in every theoretical physics and mathematics library. It is clearly all set to become the standard work on all things pertaining to Harmonic Superspace ... this is a book that people will want to go back to.' Contemporary Physics
Book Description
Here is the first pedagogical introduction to harmonic superspace in extended supersymmetry by the scientists who developed the method. Inspired by 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.
Harmonic Superspace (Cambridge Monographs on Mathematical Physics)
Harmonic Superspace (Cambridge Monographs on Mathematical Physics),A. S. Galperin,E. A. Ivanov,V. I. Ogievetsky,E. S. Sokatchev,P. V. Landshoff,D. R. Nelson,S. Weinberg,Cambridge University Press,0521020425,General,Mathematical Physics,Nuclear Physics,Physics,Science,Science/Mathematics,Particle & high-energy physics,Science / Mathematical Physics,Supersymmetry
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