N=2 (4) string theory is self-dualN=4 Yang-Mills theory

1992/05/28 by Warren Siegel, W. Siegel · 6 citations
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paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevd.46.r3235

7 pg., ITP-SB-92-24 (uuencoded dvi file; otherwise same as original)

arxiv created 1992/05/28 · openalex publication_date 1992/10/15 · arxiv updated 2015/06/26 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

N=2 string amplitudes, when required to have the Lorentz covariance of the equivalent N=4 string, describe a self-dual form of N=4 super Yang-Mills theory in 2+2 dimensions. Spin-independent couplings and the ghost nature of SO(2,2) spacetime make it a topological-like theory with vanishing loop corrections.

Citations

• The generalized no-ghost theorem for N=2 SUSY critical strings
• N=4 string is the same as theN=2 string
• A cubic action for self-dual Yang-Mills

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• Restoring reality for the self-dual N = 2 string
• Hidden Symmetries and Integrable Hierarchy of the N = 4 Supersymmetric Yang-Mills Equations
• Multi-leg one-loop gravity amplitudes from gauge theory
• Infinite conformal algebras in supersymmetric theories on four-manifolds
• Green–Schwarz, Nambu–Goto actions, and Cayley's hyperdeterminant
• Global conformal anomaly inN=2string