Symplectic sigma models in superspace
arXiv:hep-th/0402041 · doi:10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2004.05.006
Abstract
We discuss a special ``symplectic'' class of N = 4 supersymmetric sigma models in (0+1) dimension with 5r bosonic and 4r complex fermionic degrees of freedom. These models can be described off shell by N = 2 superfields (so that only half of supersymmetries are manifest) and also by N = 4 superfields in the framework of the harmonic superspace approach. Using the latter, we derive the general form of the relevant bosonic target metric.
21 pages, Latex