Supersymmetric sigma models and 't Hooft instantons

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/13/2/004MaRDI QIDQ4869466zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Emery Sokatchev, A. S. Galperin

Publication date 18 September 1996

Published in Classical and Quantum Gravity (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9504124

zbMATH Keywords

't Hooft instantons\((4, 4)\) supersymmetryADHM instantonsinfrared limitlinear sigma model

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of differential geometry to physics (53Z05) Supersymmetric field theories in quantum mechanics (81T60) Kaluza-Klein and other higher-dimensional theories (83E15)

Abstract: Witten's linear sigma model for ADHM instantons possesses a natural $(0,4)$ supersymmetry. We study generalizations of the infrared limit of the model that are invariant under $(4,4)$ supersymmetry. In the case of four space-time dimensions a background with a conformally flat metric and torsion is required. The geometry is specified by a single real scalar function satisfying Laplace's equation. It gives rise to 't Hooft instantons for the gauge group $SU(2)$, instead of the general ADHM instantons for an $SO(n)$ gauge group in the case $(0,4)$.

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