Topological sigma models on supermanifolds

DOI10.1016/J.NUCLPHYSB.2016.11.025zbMATH Open1354.81049arXiv1608.00597OpenAlexW2487518432MaRDI QIDQ505501FDOQ505501

Authors: Bei Jia 

Publication date: 25 January 2017

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

Abstract: This paper concerns constructing topological sigma models governing maps from semirigid super Riemann surfaces to general target supermanifolds. We define both the A model and B model in this general setup by defining suitable BRST operators and physical observables. Using supersymmetric localization, we express correlation functions in these theories as integrals over suitable supermanifolds. In the case of the A model, we obtain an integral over the supermoduli space of "superinstantons". The language of supergeometry is used extensively throughout this paper.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1608.00597

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zbMATH Keywords

BRST operators

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of vector bundles and moduli spaces in mathematical physics (twistor theory, instantons, quantum field theory) (14D21) Complex supergeometry (32C11) Functional analysis on superspaces (supermanifolds) or graded spaces (46S60) Finite-dimensional groups and algebras motivated by physics and their representations (81R05) Model quantum field theories (81T10) Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in quantum field theory (81T13) Topological field theories in quantum mechanics (81T45) Supersymmetric field theories in quantum mechanics (81T60)

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