N=2 Supergravity and couplings to matter

November 9 - November 23

Institut Henri Poincare

Antoine Van Proeyen (Leuven/IHP)

COMING SOON

In the meantime you can have a look at the "draft" version IHP Lecture note 35 at

tfdec1.fys.kuleuven.ac.be/~toine/lectparis.ps

or

tfdec1.fys.kuleuven.ac.be/~toine/lectparis.pdf

Lecture 1 BASIC INGREDIENTS

• Overview of the supersymmetric theories with 8 real supercharges

• Multiplets

• Superconformal groups

• Tools of gauge theories

Lecture 2 WEYL MULTIPLET

• Gauging of the superconformal group

• Curvature constraints and its consequences

Lecture 3 MATTER MULTIPLETS (with emphasis on vector and hypermultiplet)

• Conformal properties of the multiplets

• Construction of the actions

Lecture 4 SPECIAL GEOMETRY

• Dualities in general

• Characteristics of a special geometry

• Realizations in Calabi-Yau spaces

Lecture 5 5 AND 6 DIMENSIONS

• Matter couplings in theories with 8 real supercharges in 5 and 6 dimensions

• Rigid symmetries

• Homogeneous spaces and symmetric spaces

Lecture 6 CENTRAL CHARGES AND APPLICATIONS

• Killing equations

• Applications with black holes and Randall-Sundrum scenario