Enhanced gauge symmetries in superstring theories

DOI10.1016/0550-3213(95)00364-XzbMath0925.81146arXivhep-th/9505073MaRDI QIDQ1898640

Christopher Hull, Paul K. Townsend

Publication date: 20 September 1995

Published in: Nuclear Physics. B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9505073

zbMATH Keywords

N=4 super Yang Mills theoryBogomolnyi spectrumcollapsed homology \(K_3\) two cyclesenhanced nonabelian gauge symmetrymassive charged vector supermultiplets

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Supersymmetric field theories in quantum mechanics (81T60) String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30)

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