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Harmonic superspace: key to N=2 supersymmetry theories

  • Selected Works And List Of Main Publications Of V.I. Ogievetsky
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Supersymmetries and Quantum Symmetries

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The concept of a harmonic N=2 superspace with additional coordinates related to the SU(2)/U(1) sphere is introduced. This concept leads to an adequate geometric description of the N=2 theories of matter, the Yang-Mills theory, and supergravity in terms of superfields without coupling. A new effect has been discovered: the unboundedness of the number of gauge and auxiliary degrees of freedom.

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  1. Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, USSR

    A. Gal’perin, E. Ivanov, V. Ogievetskiĭ & É. Sokachev

  2. Institute of Nuclear Physics, Tashkent

    A. Gal’perin, E. Ivanov, V. Ogievetskiĭ & É. Sokachev

  3. Institute of Nuclear Research and Nuclear Energy, Sofia

    A. Gal’perin, E. Ivanov, V. Ogievetskiĭ & É. Sokachev

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Gal’perin, A., Ivanov, E., Ogievetskiĭ, V., Sokachev, É. (1999). Harmonic superspace: key to N=2 supersymmetry theories. In: Wess, J., Ivanov, E.A. (eds) Supersymmetries and Quantum Symmetries. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 524. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0104626

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