Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-mathematics-course-of-the-university-of-cambridge/2023/iii/paper-307/2/n-1-quotient-metric/solution

There is a conflict in the printed question: with dynamical and the displayed superpotential, forces , so the theory has no vacuum branch parametrized by nonzero . The natural intended calculation is the Kähler quotient of the D-flat SQED matter fields before imposing that extra F-term.
On this quotient, and the gauge-invariant coordinate is . Hence , and the canonical Kähler potential descends to
The associated Kähler metric is
It is smooth for and has a conical singularity at , locally . Physically, the charged fields become massless and the U(1) gauge symmetry is restored there, so integrating out the vector multiplet to obtain a sigma-model metric ceases to be valid.

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