Supersymmetry, twistors, and the Yang-Mills equations

Eastwood, Michael

doi:10.1090/S0002-9947-1987-0882706-1

Supersymmetry, twistors, and the Yang-Mills equations

Author: Michael Eastwood
Journal: Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 301 (1987), 615-635
MSC: Primary 32L25; Secondary 53C05, 53C80, 81E13
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9947-1987-0882706-1
MathSciNet review: 882706
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Abstract: This article investigates a supersymmetric proof due to Witten of the twistor description of general Yang-Mills fields due to Green, Isenberg, and Yasskin. In particular, some rigor is added and the rather complicated calculations are given in detail.

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