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Instantons and Supersymmetry

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String Theory and Fundamental Interactions

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Physics ((LNP,volume 737))

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The role of instantons in describing non-perturbative aspects of globally supersymmetric gauge theories is reviewed. The cases of theories with N = 1, N = 2 and N = 4 supersymmetry are discussed. Special attention is devoted to the intriguing relation between instanton solutions in field theory and branes in string theory.

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Bianchi, M., Kovacs, S., Rossi, G. (2008). Instantons and Supersymmetry. In: Gasperini, M., Maharana, J. (eds) String Theory and Fundamental Interactions. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 737. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-74233-3_14

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