Supersymmetric Field Theories by Sergio Cecotti - 9781107053816

Supersymmetric Field TheoriesGeometric Structures and Dualities\nAuthor(s): Sergio Cecotti\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781107053816, 978-1107053816\nSynopsis\nAdopting an elegant geometrical approach, this advanced pedagogical text describes deep and intuitive methods for understanding the subtle logic of supersymmetry while avoiding lengthy computations. The book describes how complex results and formulae obtained using other approaches can be significantly simplified when translated to a geometric setting. Introductory chapters describe geometric structures in field theory in the general case, while detailed later chapters address specific structures such as parallel tensor fields, G-structures, and isometry groups. The relationship between structures in supergravity and periodic maps of algebraic manifolds, KodairaSpencer theory, modularity, and the arithmetic properties of supergravity ar.