2007/05/22 by S. James Gates, S. James Gates, Jr., Willie Merrell 路 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy 路 #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Nonlinear Waves and Solitons #Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions #hep-th
paper 路 pdf 路 doi:10.1088/1126-6708/2007/10/035
published as JHEP 0710:035,2007 路 15 pages
arxiv created 2007/05/22 路 openalex publication_date 2007/10/08 路 arxiv updated 2012/08/27 路 openalex created_date 2016/06/24 路 openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
We describe a new 1+1 dimensional N=(2,2) vector multiplet that naturally couples to semi chiral superfields in the sense that the gauged supercovariant derivative algebra is only consistent with imposing covariantly semi chiral superfield constraints. It has the advantages that its prepotentials shift by semi chiral superfields under gauge transformations. We also see that the multiplet relates the chiral vector multiplet with the twisted chiral vector multiplet by reducing to either multiplet under appropriate limits without being reducible in terms of the chiral and twisted chiral vector multiplet. This is explained from the superspace geometrical point of view as the result of possessing a symmetry under the discrete supercoordinate transformation that is responsible for mirror copies of supermultiplets. We then describe how to gauge a non linear sigma model with semi chiral superfields using the prepotentials of the new multiplet.