SPECIAL KAHLER GEOMETRY - AN INTRINSIC FORMULATION FROM N=2 SPACE-TIME SUPERSYMMETRY

被引:114
作者
CASTELLANI, L
DAURIA, R
FERRARA, S
机构
[1] IST NAZL FIS NUCL,I-35131 PADUA,ITALY
[2] UNIV PADUA,DEPARTIMENTO FIS,I-35131 PADUA,ITALY
[3] CERN,DIV THEORET,CH-1211 GENEVA 23,SWITZERLAND
关键词
D O I
10.1016/0370-2693(90)91486-U
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
N=2, 4D supergravity coupled to vector multiplets (1, 1 2, 0) is reanalysed in a geometrical setting. By requiring the closure of the supersymmetry transformation laws, we find a coordinate-free characterization of the manifold M spanned by the scalar fields. The geometry of M, called "special geometry", is relevant to compactified string theories, since it is common to the moduli spaces of Calabi-Yau threefolds and c=9 (2, 2) superconformal field theories. © 1990.
引用
收藏
页码:57 / 62
页数:6
相关论文
共 42 条
[1]   MATTER COUPLINGS IN N=2 SUPERGRAVITY [J].
BAGGER, J ;
WITTEN, E .
NUCLEAR PHYSICS B, 1983, 222 (01) :1-10
[2]  
BAGGER J, 1982, PHYS LETT B, V115, P202
[3]   VACUUM CONFIGURATIONS FOR SUPERSTRINGS [J].
CANDELAS, P ;
HOROWITZ, GT ;
STROMINGER, A ;
WITTEN, E .
NUCLEAR PHYSICS B, 1985, 258 (01) :46-74
[4]   YUKAWA COUPLINGS BETWEEN (2,1)-FORMS [J].
CANDELAS, P .
NUCLEAR PHYSICS B, 1988, 298 (03) :458-492
[5]  
CANDELAS P, 1989, UTTG1789 AUST REP
[6]  
CASTELLANI L, 1983, 19TH P WINT SCH KARP
[7]  
CASTELLANI L, DFTT1090 PREPR
[8]  
CASTELLANI L, 1989, IN PRESS SUPERGRAVIT
[9]   DUALITY AND LANDAU-GINZBURG MODELS [J].
CHUN, EJ ;
MAS, J ;
LAUER, J ;
NILLES, HP .
PHYSICS LETTERS B, 1989, 233 (1-2) :141-146
[10]   VECTOR MULTIPLETS COUPLED TO N=2 SUPERGRAVITY - SUPER-HIGGS EFFECT, FLAT POTENTIALS AND GEOMETRIC STRUCTURE [J].
CREMMER, E ;
KOUNNAS, C ;
VANPROEYEN, A ;
DERENDINGER, JP ;
FERRARA, S ;
DEWIT, B ;
GIRARDELLO, L .
NUCLEAR PHYSICS B, 1985, 250 (03) :385-426