Supersymmetric Sigma Models on Toric Varieties: A Test Case

Abstract

In this letter we study supersymmetric sigma models on toric varieties. These manifolds are generalizations of CP^n manifolds. We examine here sigma models, viewed as gauged linear sigma models, on one of the simplest such manifold, the blow-up of P^2_(2,1,1), and determine their properties using the techniques of topological- antitopological fusion. We find that the model contains solitons which become massless at the singular point of the theory where a gauge symmetry remains unbroken.