(2, 0)-SUPER-YANG–MILLS COUPLED TO NONLINEAR σ-MODELS

Abstract

Considering a class of (2, 0)-super-Yang–Mills multiplets that accommodate a pair of independent gauge potentials in connection with a single symmetry group, we present here their coupling to ordinary matter and to nonlinear σ-models in (2, 0)-superspace. The dynamics and the couplings of the gauge potentials are discussed and the interesting feature that comes out is a sort of "chirality" for one of the gauge potentials once light-cone coordinates are chosen.