Gauged (2,2) sigma models and generalized Kähler geometry

DOI10.1088/1126-6708/2007/12/039zbMATH Open1246.81377arXivhep-th/0610116OpenAlexW3099821610MaRDI QIDQ446722FDOQ446722

Authors: Willie Merrell, Leopoldo A. Pando Zayas, Diana Vaman 

Publication date: 8 September 2012

Published in: Journal of High Energy Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We gauge the (2,2) supersymmetric non-linear sigma model whose target space has bihermitian structure (g, B, J_{pm}) with noncommuting complex structures. The bihermitian geometry is realized by a sigma model which is written in terms of (2,2) semi-chiral superfields. We discuss the moment map, from the perspective of the gauged sigma model action and from the integrability condition for a Hamiltonian vector field. We show that for a concrete example, the SU(2) x U(1) WZNW model, as well as for the sigma models with almost product structure, the moment map can be used together with the corresponding Killing vector to form an element of T+T* which lies in the eigenbundle of the generalized almost complex structure. Lastly, we discuss T-duality at the level of a (2,2) sigma model involving semi-chiral superfields and present an explicit example.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0610116

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zbMATH Keywords

gauged \((2, 2)\) supersymmetric non-linear sigma modelgeneralized Kähler geometry

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of global differential geometry to the sciences (53C80) Momentum maps; symplectic reduction (53D20) Applications of differential geometry to physics (53Z05) String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30) Supersymmetric field theories in quantum mechanics (81T60)

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