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Covariant Harmonic Supergraphity for N = 2 Super Yang--Mills Theories
We review the background field method for general N = 2 super Yang-Mills
theories formulated in the N = 2 harmonic superspace. The covariant harmonic
supergraph technique is then applied to rigorously prove the N=2
non-renormalization theorem as well as to compute the holomorphic low-energy
action for the N = 2 SU(2) pure super Yang-Mills theory and the leading
non-holomorphic low-energy correction for N = 4 SU(2) super Yang-Mills theory.Comment: 17 pages, LAMUPHYS LaTeX, no figures; based on talks given by I.
Buchbinder and S. Kuzenko at the International Seminar ``Supersymmetries and
Quantum Symmetries'', July 1997, Dubna; to be published in the proceeding
Harmonicity in N=4 supersymmetry and its quantum anomaly
The holomorphicity property of N=1 superpotentials or of N=2 F-terms
involving vector multiplets is generalized to the case of N=4 1/2-BPS effective
operators defined in harmonic superspace. The resulting harmonicity equations
are shown to control the moduli dependence of the couplings of higher
dimensional operators involving powers of the N=4 Weyl superfield, computed by
N=4 topological amplitudes. These equations can also be derived on the string
side, exhibiting an anomaly from world-sheet boundary contributions that leads
to recursion relations for the non-analytic part of the couplings.Comment: 36 page
Worldline Superfield Actions for N=2 Superparticles
We propose doubly supersymmetric actions in terms of n=2(D-2) worldline
superfields for N=2 superparticles in D=3,4 and Type IIA D=6 superspaces. These
actions are obtained by dimensional reduction of superfield actions for N=1
superparticles in D=4,6 and 10, respectively. We show that in all these models
geometrodynamical constraints on target superspace coordinates do not put the
theory on the mass shell, so the actions constructed consistently describe the
dynamics of the corresponding N=2 superparticles. We also find that in contrast
to the IIA D=6 superparticle a chiral IIB D=6 superparticle, which is not
obtainable by dimensional reduction from N=1, D=10, is described by superfield
constraints which produce dynamical equations. This implies that for the IIB
D=6 superparticle the doubly supersymmetric action does not exist in the
conventional form.Comment: Latex, 20 pp. Minor corrections, acknowledgements adde
On pseudo-hyperk\"ahler prepotentials
An explicit surjection from a set of (locally defined) unconstrained
holomorphic functions on a certain submanifold of (Sp_1(C) \times C^{4n}) onto
the set HK_{p,q} of local isometry classes of real analytic
pseudo-hyperk\"ahler metrics of signature (4p,4q) in dimension 4n is
constructed. The holomorphic functions, called prepotentials, are analogues of
K\"ahler potentials for K\"ahler metrics and provide a complete
parameterisation of HK_{p,q}. In particular, there exists a bijection between
HK_{p,q} and the set of equivalence classes of prepotentials. This affords the
explicit construction of pseudo-hyperk\"ahler metrics from specified
prepotentials. The construction generalises one due to Galperin, Ivanov,
Ogievetsky and Sokatchev. Their work is given a coordinate-free formulation and
complete, self-contained proofs are provided. An appendix provides a vital tool
for this construction: a reformulation of real analytic G-structures in terms
of holomorphic frame fields on complex manifolds.Comment: 53 pages; v2: minor amendments to Def.4.1 and Theorem 4.5; a
paragraph inserted in the proof of the latter; V3: minor changes; V4: minor
changes/ typos corrected for journal versio
Point contact spectroscopy of hopping transport: effects of a magnetic field
The conductance of a point contact between two hopping insulators is expected
to be dominated by the individual localized states in its vicinity. Here we
study the additional effects due to an external magnetic field. Combined with
the measured conductance, the measured magnetoresistance provides detailed
information on these states (e.g. their localization length, the energy
difference and the hopping distance between them). We also calculate the
statistics of this magnetoresistance, which can be collected by changing the
gate voltage in a single device. Since the conductance is dominated by the
quantum interference of particular mesoscopic structures near the point
contact, it is predicted to exhibit Aharonov-Bohm oscillations, which yield
information on the geometry of these structures. These oscillations also depend
on local spin accumulation and correlations, which can be modified by the
external field. Finally, we also estimate the mesoscopic Hall voltage due to
these structures.Comment: 7 pages, 5 figur
Oscillatory regimes of the thermomagnetic instability in superconducting films
The stability of superconducting films with respect to oscillatory precursor
modes for thermomag- netic avalanches is investigated theoretically. The
results for the onset threshold show that previous treatments of
non-oscillatory modes have predicted much higher thresholds. Thus, in film
supercon- ductors, oscillatory modes are far more likely to cause
thermomagnetic breakdown. This explains the experimental fact that flux
avalanches in film superconductors can occur even at very small ramping rates
of the applied magnetic field. Closed expressions for the threshold magnetic
field and temperature, as well oscillation frequency, are derived for different
regimes of the oscillatory thermomagnetic instability.Comment: 5 pages, 5 figure
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