Geometry of supersymmetric gauge theories : including an introduction to BRS differential algebras and anomalies /
This monograph gives a detailed and pedagogical account of the geometry of rigid superspace and supersymmetric Yang-Mills theories. While the core of the text is concerned with the classical theory, the quantization and anomaly problem are briefly discussed following a comprehensive introduction to...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin ; New York :
Springer-Verlag,
[1988]
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| Series: | Lecture notes in physics ;
302. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | This monograph gives a detailed and pedagogical account of the geometry of rigid superspace and supersymmetric Yang-Mills theories. While the core of the text is concerned with the classical theory, the quantization and anomaly problem are briefly discussed following a comprehensive introduction to BRS differential algebras and their field theoretical applications. Among the treated topics are invariant forms and vector fields on superspace, the matrix-representation of the super-Poincar group, invariant connections on reductive homogeneous spaces and the supermetric approach. Various aspects of the subject are discussed for the first time in textbook and are consistently presented in a unified geometric formalism. Requiring essentially no background on supersymmetry and only a basic knowledge of differential geometry, this text will serve as a mathematically lucid introduction to supersymmetric gauge theories. |
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| Item Description: | Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (viii, 189 pages) : illustrations. |
| Format: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-176) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9783540391005 (electronic bk.) 3540391002 (electronic bk.) |
| ISSN: | 1616-6361 ; |