Hyperkaehler metrics from projective superspace

Lindström, Ulf

Archivum mathematicum, Tome 43 (2007) no. 5, pp. 491-498

Abstract (VO)

This is a brief review of how sigma models in Projective Superspace have become important tools for constructing new hyperkähler metrics.

Détail

Classification : 51P05, 53C26
Keywords: superspace; sigma models; hyperkähler geometry

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