Supergravity and the Gauging of N=1 Supersymmetric Non-Linear <math>σ</math>-Models in the Atiyah-Ward Space-Time

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Supergravity and the Gauging of N=1 Supersymmetric Non-Linear $<math>\sigma</math>$ -Models in the Atiyah-Ward Space-Time

M. W. Oliveira

1998

Authors: M. W. Oliveira
Type: Physics Note
Status: Published
Publication date: 1998
Description: We study the coupling of N=1 supergravity to a class of supersymmetric nonlinear <math>\sigma \,\!</math> -models in an N=1 superspace which is based on the Atiyah-Ward space-time of (2+2)-signature metric. We also discuss the conditions for the implementation of the gauging of isometries of the associated Kählerian target spaces and present the resulting gauge-covariant supersymmetric action functional in the curved superspace. In an Appendix, we aim at clarifying some aspects of the ordinary (1+3)-signature version of the very same problem.
Year: 1998
Number: CBPF-NF-046/98
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