2016/08/31 by Thomas T. Dumitrescu
Physics and Astronomy · Mathematics · #hep-th #math-ph #math.MP
paper · pdf · doi:10.1088/1751-8121/aa62f5
This is a contribution to the review volume `Localization techniques in quantum field theories' (eds. V. Pestun and M. Zabzine) which contains 17 Chapters. The complete volume is summarized in arXiv:1608.02952 and it can be downloaded at https://arxiv.org/src/1608.02952/anc/LocQFT.pdf or http://pestun.ihes.fr/pages/LocalizationReview/LocQFT.pdf
arxiv created 2016/10/15 · arxiv updated 2017/10/25
In this review, we give a pedagogical introduction to a systematic framework for constructing and analyzing supersymmetric field theories on curved spacetime manifolds. The framework is based on the use of off-shell supergravity background fields. We present the general principles, which broadly apply to theories with different amounts of supersymmetry in diverse dimensions, as well as specific applications to N=1 theories in four dimensions and their three-dimensional cousins with N=2 supersymmetry.