{"product_id":"harmonic-superspace-paperback-9780521020428","title":"Harmonic Superspace (Paperback \/ softback) 9780521020428","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eHarmonic Superspace\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe inventors of harmonic superspace present a clear account of the theory and its applications.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eA. S. Galperin (Author), E. A. Ivanov (Author), V. I. Ogievetsky (Author), E. S. Sokatchev (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521020428, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 22 February 2007\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e324 pages, 20 b\/w illus.  3 tables\u003cbr\u003e24.3 x 16.8 x 1.6 cm, 0.519 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'… it deserves a place in every theoretical physics and mathematics library. It is clearly all set to become the standard work on all things pertaining to Harmonic Superspace … this is a book that people will want to go back to.' Contemporary Physics\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis is a pedagogical introduction to the harmonic superspace method in extended supersymmetry. Inspired by exciting developments in superstring theory, it provides a systematic treatment of the quantum field theories with N=2 and N=3 supersymmetry in harmonic superspace. The authors present the harmonic superspace approach as a means of providing an off-shell description of the N=2 supersymmetric theories, both at the classical and quantum levels. Furthermore, they show how it offers a unique way to construct an off-shell formulation of a theory with higher supersymmetry, namely the N=3 supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory. Harmonic Superspace makes manifest many remarkable geometric properties of the N=2 theories, for example, the one-to-one correspondence between N=2 supersymmetric matter, and hyper-Kähler and quaternionic manifolds. This book will be of interest to researchers and graduate students working in the areas of supersymmetric quantum field theory, string theory and complex geometries.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e 1. Introductory overview\u003cbr\u003e 2. Elements of supersymmetry\u003cbr\u003e 3. Superspace\u003cbr\u003e 4. Harmonic analysis\u003cbr\u003e 5. N=2 matter with infinite sets of auxiliary fields\u003cbr\u003e 6. N=2 matter multiplets with a finite number of auxiliary fields. N=2 duality transformations\u003cbr\u003e 7. Supersymmetric Yang-Mills theories\u003cbr\u003e 8. Harmonic supergraphs\u003cbr\u003e 9. Conformal invariance in N=2 harmonic superspace\u003cbr\u003e 10. Supergravity\u003cbr\u003e 11. Hyper-Kähler geometry in harmonic space\u003cbr\u003e 12. N=3 supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory\u003cbr\u003e 13. Conclusions\u003cbr\u003e Appendix. Notations, conventions and useful formulas\u003cbr\u003e References\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Physics [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Physics\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Physics%20%5BPH%5D%22\"\u003ePH\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46006161309976,"sku":"9780521020428","price":44.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521020428i.jpg?v=1694963463","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/harmonic-superspace-paperback-9780521020428","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}