Action for {ital N}=4 supersymmetric self-dual Yang-Mills theory

Journal Article · Thu Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 1996 · Physical Review, D

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.53.2062· OSTI ID:279480

Sokatchev, E ^[1]

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1. Laboratoire de Physique Theorique ENSLAPP, Groupe dAnnecy, Laboratoire de Physique des Particules, Chemin de Bellevue BP 110, F-74941 Annecy-le-Vieux Cedex (France)

The {ital N}=4 supersymmetric self-dual Yang-Mills theory in four-dimensional space with the signature (2,2) is formulated in harmonic superspace. The on-shell constraints of the theory are reformulated in the equivalent form of vanishing curvature conditions for three gauge connections (one harmonic and two space-time). The constraints are then obtained as variational equations from a superspace action of the Chern-Simons-type. The action is manifestly SO(2,2) invariant. It can be viewed as the Lorentz-covariant form of the light-cone superfield action proposed by Siegel. {copyright} {ital 1996 The American Physical Society.}

• OSTI ID: 279480
• Journal Information: Physical Review, D, Vol. 53, Issue 4; Other Information: PBD: Feb 1996
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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YANG-MILLS THEORY
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SO GROUPS
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