Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Theory
Scientific paper
1995-12-06
Nucl.Phys.Proc.Suppl. 45BC (1996) 59-114
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Theory
56 pages, LaTeX, article.sty, espcrc2.sty. Lecture notes at Trieste Spring School 1995
Scientific paper
10.1016/0920-5632(95)00629-X
In these lectures I review the general structure of electric--magnetic duality rotations in every even space--time dimension. In four dimensions, which is my main concern, I discuss the general issue of symplectic covariance and how it relates to the typical geometric structures involved by N=2 supersymmetry, namely Special K\"ahler geometry for the vector multiplets and either HyperK\"ahler or Quaternionic geometry for the hypermultiplets. I discuss classical continuous dualities versus non--perturbative discrete dualities. How the moduli space geometry of an auxiliary dynamical Riemann surface (or Calabi--Yau threefold) relates to exact space--time dualities is exemplified in detail for the Seiberg Witten model of an $SU(2)$ gauge theory.
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