KAHLER GEOMETRY OF THE SPACE OF N=2 SUPERCONFORMAL FIELD-THEORIES

被引:25
作者
PERIWAL, V [1 ]
STROMINGER, A [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV CALIF SANTA BARBARA,DEPT PHYS,SANTA BARBARA,CA 93106
基金
美国国家科学基金会; 美国国家航空航天局;
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10.1016/0370-2693(90)91961-A
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
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0704 ;
摘要
The moduli space, M, of (0, 2) superconformal field theories with integral U(1) charges is studied, adapting results from previous work on string theory and the Calabi-Yau moduli space. It is shown that M is Kähler and that the Kähler potential is the norm of the unique top weight right-chiral primary state. Furthermore, the operator which creates this state is shown to be a holomorphic section of a vector bundle on M. Some aspects of the duality transformation which flips the U(1) charge are discussed in this context. © 1990.
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