131 research outputs found
Perturbative Gravity in the Causal Approach
Quantum theory of the gravitation in the causal approach is studied up to the
second order of perturbation theory. We prove gauge invariance and
renormalizability in the second order of perturbation theory for the pure
gravity system (massless and massive). Then we investigate the interaction of
massless gravity with matter (described by scalars and spinors) and massless
Yang-Mills fields. We obtain a difference with respect to the classical field
theory due to the fact that in quantum field theory one cannot enforce the
divergenceless property on the vector potential and this spoils the
divergenceless property of the usual energy-momentum tensor. To correct this
one needs a supplementary ghost term in the interaction Lagrangian.Comment: 50 pages, no figures, some changes in the last sectio
(4,4) superfield supergravity
We present the N=4 superspace constraints for the two-dimensional (2d)
off-shell (4,4) supergravity with the superfield strengths expressed in terms
of a (4,4) twisted (scalar) multiplet TM-I, as well as the corresponding
component results, in a form suitable for applications. The constraints are
shown to be invariant under the N=4 super-Weyl transformations, whose N=4
superfield parameters form another twisted (scalar) multiplet TM-II. To solve
the constraints, we propose the Ansatz which makes the N=4 superconformal
flatness of the N=4 supergravity curved superspace manifest. The locally (4,4)
supersymmetric TM-I matter couplings, with the potential terms resulting from
spontaneous supersymmetry breaking, are constructed. We also find the full
(4,4) superconformally invariant (improved) TM-II matter action. The latter can
be extended to the (4,4) locally supersymmetric Liouville action which is
suitable for describing (4,4) supersymmetric non-critical strings.Comment: 32 pages, LaTeX, revised version (one reference added, and one
Appendix is reduced
Gauge theory in deformed N=(1,1) superspace
We review the non-anticommutative Q-deformations of N=(1,1) supersymmetric
theories in four-dimensional Euclidean harmonic superspace. These deformations
preserve chirality and harmonic Grassmann analyticity. The associated field
theories arise as a low-energy limit of string theory in specific backgrounds
and generalize the Moyal-deformed supersymmetric field theories. A
characteristic feature of the Q-deformed theories is the half-breaking of
supersymmetry in the chiral sector of the Euclidean superspace. Our main focus
is on the chiral singlet Q-deformation, which is distinguished by preserving
the SO(4) Spin(4) ``Lorentz'' symmetry and the SU(2) R-symmetry. We present the
superfield and component structures of the deformed N=(1,0) supersymmetric
gauge theory as well as of hypermultiplets coupled to a gauge superfield:
invariant actions, deformed transformation rules, and so on. We discuss quantum
aspects of these models and prove their renormalizability in the abelian case.
For the charged hypermultiplet in an abelian gauge superfield background we
construct the deformed holomorphic effective action.Comment: 1+60 pages, typos corrected, references adde
Mass predictions based on a supersymmetric SU(5) fixed point
I examine the possibility that the third generation fermion masses are
determined by an exact fixed point of the minimal supersymmetric SU(5) model.
When one-loop supersymmetric thresholds are included, this unified fixed point
successfully predicts the top quark mass, 175 +(-) 2 GeV, as well as the weak
mixing angle. The bottom quark mass prediction is sensitive to the
supersymmetric thresholds; it approaches the measured value for mu <0 and very
large unified gaugino mass. The experimental measurement of the tau lepton mass
determines tan(beta), and the strong gauge coupling and fine structure constant
fix the unification scale and the unified gauge coupling.Comment: 40 pages, 9 figures, 9 tables, Revtex
Unfolded Scalar Supermultiplet
Unfolded equations of motion for N = 1, D = 4 scalar supermultiplet are
presented. We show how the superspace formulation emerges from the unfolded
formulation. To analyze supersymmetric unfolded equations we extend the
\sigma_-cohomology technics to the case with several operators \sigma_. The
role of higher \sigma_-cohomology in the derivation of constraints is
emphasized and illustrated by the example of scalar supermultiplet.Comment: 27 pages, no figures; minor corrections: clarifications added, typos
correcte
Correlation Functions of Conserved Currents in N = 2 Superconformal Theory
Using a manifestly supersymmetric formalism, we determine the general
structure of two- and three- point functions of the supercurrent and the
flavour current of N = 2 superconformal field theories. We also express them in
terms of N = 1 superfields and compare to the generic N = 1 correlation
functions. A general discussion of the N = 2 supercurrent superfield and the
multiplet of anomalies and their definition as derivatives with respect to the
supergravity prepotentials is also included.Comment: 43 pages, latex, no figures, v.2: section 4.2 extende
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