Supersymmetry, Superfields and Supergravity: An Introduction,A self-contained introduction to supersymmetry for graduate students, advanced undergraduates and research staff in mathematical, theoretical and high energy physics and related disciplines. |
Contents
Preface | 1 |
Spontaneous supersymmetry breaking | 6 |
Realisations of supersymmetry | 21 |
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Common terms and phrases
Abelian action adjoint representation anti-chiral anticommute auxiliary fields bosonic Chapter chiral charge chiral superfield chiral supermultiplet commutator complex conjugate component fields covariant derivatives d³z defined dimension discussed divergence equations of motion example fermionic field field theory follows function gauge field gauge invariance gauge superfield gauge theory gauge transformations gauge-fixing generalisation global goldstino gravitino helicity indices infinitesimal integral interaction terms internal symmetry irreducible kinetic term Lagrangian Lorentz M₁ Majorana spinor massless matrix metric multiplet Noether current non-Abelian non-vanishing obtain operator P₁ parameter Phys Poincaré Poincaré algebra propagators R-invariance realisation renormalisation representation satisfy scalar field scalar potential scalar superfield space-time spin spontaneously broken SS algebra ss breaking ss invariant SS transformations super super-Poincaré supercurrent supergravity superpotential superspace supersymmetry transformations transformation law vanishing vector Verify Wess-Zumino gauge Wess-Zumino model Zumino