Abstract
A manifestly N = 2 supersymmetric completion of the four-dimensional Nambu-Goto-Born-Infeld action, which is self-dual with respect to electric-magnetic duality, is constructed in terms of an Abelian N = 2 superfield strength W in the conventional N = 2 superspace. A relation to the known N = 1 supersymmetric Born-Infeld action in N = 1 superspace is established. The action found can be considered either as the Goldstone action associated with a partial breaking of N = 4 supersymmetry down to N = 2, with the N = 2 vector superfield being a Goldstone field, or, equivalently, as the gauge-fixed superfield action of a (D - 3)-brane in flat six-dimensional ambient space-time.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 501-510 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Journal | Modern Physics Letters A |
Volume | 14 |
Issue number | 7 |
Publication status | Published - 7 Mar 1999 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Mathematical Physics
- Physics and Astronomy(all)
- Nuclear and High Energy Physics
- Statistical and Nonlinear Physics