Supersymmetric sigma models, gauge theories and vortices
arXiv:hep-th/0311126
Abstract
This thesis considers one and two dimensional supersymmetric nonlinear sigma models. First there is a discussion of the geometries of one and two dimensional sigma models, with rigid supersymmetry. For the one-dimensional case, the supersymmetry is promoted to a local one and the required gauge fields are introduced. The most general Lagrangian, including these gauge fields, is found. The constraints of the system are analysed, and its Dirac quantisation is investigated. In the next chapter we introduce equivariant cohomology which is used later in the thesis. Then actions are constructed for (p,0)- and (p,1)- supersymmetric, , two-dimensional gauge theories coupled to non-linear sigma model matter with a Wess-Zumino term. The scalar potential for a large class of these models is derived. It is then shown that the Euclidean actions of the (2,0) and (4,0)-supersymmetric models without Wess-Zumino terms are bounded by topological charges which involve the equivariant extensions of the Kahler forms of the sigma model target spaces evaluated on the two-dimensional spacetime. Similar bounds for Euclidean actions of appropriate gauge theories coupled to non-linear sigma model matter in higher spacetime dimensions are given which now involve the equivariant extensions of the Kahler forms of the sigma model target spaces and the second Chern character of gauge fields. It is found that the BPS configurations are generalisations of abelian and non-abelian vortices.
Phd thesis, University of London, latex, 130pp
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