Geometry of Supersymmetric Gauge Theories
Subtitle: Including an Introduction to BRS Differential Algebras and Anomalies
Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG; Springer
Published: December 31, 1988
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 189
ISBN-13: 9783540190806
Subjects: Theoretical methods
Description: 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-Poincaré 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.