N = 2 Supergravity in D = 4, 5, 6 Dimensions / by Edoardo Lauria, Antoine Van Proeyen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lauria, Edoardo, Author.

Van Proeyen, Antoine, Author.

Series:

Lecture Notes in Physics, 1616-6361 ; 966

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Particles (Nuclear physics).

Quantum field theory.

Mathematical physics.

Gravitation.

Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory.

Mathematical Physics.

Classical and Quantum Gravity.

Local Subjects:

Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory.

Mathematical Physics.

Classical and Quantum Gravity.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (XII, 256 p. 126 illus.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2020.

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2020.

Summary:

This graduate-level primer presents a tutorial introduction to and overview of N = 2 supergravity theories - with 8 real supercharges and in 4, 5 and 6 dimensions. First, the construction of such theories by superconformal methods is explained in detail, and relevant special geometries are obtained and characterized. Following, the relation between the supergravity theories in the various dimensions is discussed. This leads eventually to the concept of very special geometry and quaternionic-Kähler manifolds. This concise text is a valuable resource for graduate students and young researchers wishing to enter the field quickly and efficiently.

Contents:

Introduction

Basic Ingredients

Gauging spacetime symmetries and the Weyl multiplet

Matter Multiplets

Gauge fixing of superconformal symmetries

Special Kähler geometry

Action and main transformation laws from general considerations

Quaternionic and very special geometry

Final results

Further developments

Appendices.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

3-030-33757-X