Modular Symmetry and Fractional Charges in N = 2 Supersymmetric Yang-Mills and the Quantum Hall Effect

The parallel rôles of modular symmetry in N = 2 supersymmetric Yang-Mills and in the quantum Hall effect are reviewed. In supersymmetric Yang-Mills theories modular symmetry emerges as a version of Dirac's electric - magnetic duality. It has significant consequences for the vacuum structure of...

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Main Author: Brian P. Dolan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: National Academy of Science of Ukraine 2007-01-01
Series:Symmetry, Integrability and Geometry: Methods and Applications
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Online Access:http://www.emis.de/journals/SIGMA/2007/010/