The uses of Whitham hierarchies
| dc.creator | Marino, Marcos | |
| dc.date | 1999-05-07 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T11:10:33Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T11:10:33Z | |
| dc.description | We review some of the uses of Whitham hierarchies in the context of the theory of the prepotential in N=2 supersymmetric gauge theories. We focus on the structure of the contact terms in the twisted topological theory, and on the connection between Whitham hierarchies and the u-plane integrals for higher rank gauge groups, trying to put together the different approaches involved in this connection. We also review two other uses of the Whitham hierarchies: the interpretation of the slow times as supersymmetry breaking parameters, and the new techniques to extract instanton corrections using the RG equations written in terms of theta functions. | |
| dc.description | 24 pages, PTP TeX. Talk given at the workshop ``Gauge theory and integrable models" (YITP, Kyoto), January 26-29, 1999 | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9905053 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9905053 | |
| dc.identifier | Prog.Theor.Phys.Suppl.135:29-52,1999 | |
| dc.identifier | doi:10.1143/PTPS.135.29 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/190809 | |
| dc.subject | High Energy Physics - Theory | |
| dc.title | The uses of Whitham hierarchies | |
| dc.type | text |