On the Picard-Fuchs equations for massive N = 2 Seiberg-Witten theories Original Research Article

A new method to obtain the Picard-Fuchs equations of effective, N = 2 supersymmetric gauge theories with massive matter hypermultiplets in the fundamental representation is presented. It generalises a previously described method to derive the Picard-Fuchs equations of both pure super Yang-Mills and supersymmetric gauge theories with massless matter hypermultiplets. The techniques developed are well suited to symbolic computer calculations.