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arxiv: hep-th/9610102 · v1 · submitted 1996-10-15 · ✦ hep-th

Off-Shell Formulation of N=2 Non-Linear Sigma-Models

classification ✦ hep-th
keywords chiralsigma-modelsmultipletnon-linearsemi-chiraltwistedchoicedescribed
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We study d=2, N=(2,2) non-linear sigma-models in (2,2) superspace. By analyzing the most general constraints on a superfield, we show that through an appropriate choice of coordinates, there are no other superfields than chiral, twisted chiral and semi-chiral ones. We study the resulting sigma-models and we speculate on the possibility that all (2,2) non-linear sigma-models can be described using these fields. We apply the results to two examples: the SU(2) x U(1) and the SU(2) x SU(2) WZW model. Pending upon the choice of complex structures, the former can be described in terms of either one semi-chiral multiplet or a chiral and a twisted chiral multiplet. The latter is formulated in terms of one semi-chiral and one twisted chiral multiplet. For both cases we obtain the potential explicitely.

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