Published November 24, 1983 | Version v1
Journal article

On constant configurations and the evaluation of the Witten index

  • 1. Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Milan (Italy)
  • 2. Milan Univ. (Italy). Ist. di Fisica
  • 3. International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste (Italy)
  • 4. Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati, Trieste (Italy)

Description

We observe that the functional integral expression for the Witten index in arbitrary scalar supersymmetric theories can be reduced to the integral over constant configurations. We apply this method to various theories including supersymmetric non-linear sigma models. (orig.)

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Phys. Lett., B
Journal Volume
132
Journal Issue
1-3
Series
CODEN: PYLBA.;Phys. Lett., B.
Journal Page Range
69-74
ISSN
0370-2693

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Secondary number(s)
IC--83/88.