Euclidean actions, instantons, solitons and supersymmetry

DOI10.1088/1751-8113/44/17/175403zbMATH Open1214.81275arXiv1011.6301OpenAlexW1976726255MaRDI QIDQ2998085FDOQ2998085

Authors: Kirk Waite, T. Mohaupt 

Publication date: 18 May 2011

Published in: Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Theories with axionic scalars admit three different Euclidean formulations, obtained by Wick rotation, Wick rotation combined with analytic continuation of the axionic scalars, and Wick rotation combined with Hodge dualization. We investigate the relation between these formulations for a class of theories which contains the sigma models of N=2 vector multiplets as a special case. It is shown that semi-classical amplitudes can be expressed equivalently using the two types of axionic actions, while the Hodge dualized version gives a different value for the instanton action unless the integration constants associated with the axion fields are chosen in a particular way. With this choice the instanton action is equal to the mass of the soliton or black hole obtained by dimensional lifting with respect to time. For supersymmetric models we use the Euclidean supersymmetry algebra to derive a Euclidean BPS condition, and we identify a geometrical criterion which distinguishes BPS from non-BPS extremal solutions.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1011.6301

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of vector bundles and moduli spaces in mathematical physics (twistor theory, instantons, quantum field theory) (14D21) Soliton equations (35Q51) Supersymmetric field theories in quantum mechanics (81T60) Hodge theory in global analysis (58A14)

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