Special geometry in hypermultiplets

We give a detailed analysis of pairs of vector and hypermultiplet theories with N = 2 supersymmetry in four space-time dimensions that are related by the (classical) minor map. The symplectic reparametrizations of the special Kahler space associated with the vector multiplets induce corresponding transformations on the hypermultiplets, We construct the Sp(1) x Sp(n) one-forms in terms of which the hypermultiplet couplings are encoded and exhibit their behaviour under symplectic reparametrizations. Both vector and hypermultiplet theories allow vectorial central charges in the supersymmetry algebra associated with integrals over the Kahler and hyper-Kahler forms, respectively, We show how these charges and the holomorphic BPS mass are related by the mirror map, (C) 1998 Elsevier Science B.V.