Introduction to supersymmetric field theory / / by Sergio M. Kuzenko.

• Author: Taylor & Francis.
• VerfasserIn: Kuzenko, Sergei M., 1962-
• TeilnehmendeR: Taylor & Francis.
• Place / Publishing House: Boca Raton, FL : : CRC Press,, 1998.
• Year of Publication: 1998
• Edition: Revised edition.
• Language: English
• Series: Studies in high energy physics, cosmology, and gravitation
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xx, 656 p. )
• Notes: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Ideas and Methods of Supersymmetry and Supergravity: Or a Walk Through Superspace provides a comprehensive, detailed, and self-contained account of four dimensional simple supersymmetry and supergravity. Throughout the book, the authors cultivate their material in detail with calculations and full discussions of the fundamental ideas and motivations. They develop the subject in its superfield formulations but where appropriate for illustration, analogy, and comparison with conventional field theory, they use the component formulation. The book discusses many subjects that, until now, can only be found in the research literature. In addition, it presents a plethora of new results. Combining classical and quantum field theory with group theory, differential geometry, and algebra, the book begins with a solid mathematical background that is used in the rest of the book. The next chapter covers algebraic aspects of supersymmetry and the concepts of superspace and superfield. In the following chapters, the book presents classical and quantum superfield theory and the superfield formulation of supergravity. A synthesis of results and methods developed in the book, the final chapter concludes with the theory of effective action in curved superspaces. After studying this book, readers should be well prepared to pursue independent research in any area of supersymmetry and supergravity. It will be an indispensable source of reference for advanced graduate students, postdoctoral faculty, and researchers involved in quantum field theory, high energy physics, gravity theory, mathematical physics, and applied mathematics.

Table of Contents

Preface. Mathematical background: The PoincarD'e group, the Lorentz group; Finite-dimensional representations of ISpin(3,1); The Lorentz algebra; Two-component and four-component spinors; Representations of the PoincarD'e group; Elements of differential geometry and gravity; The conformal group; The mass-shell field representation; Elements of algebra with supernumbers; Elements of analysis with supernumbers; The supergroup of general coordinate transformations on RTp/q. Supersymmetry and superspace: Introduction: from RTp/q to supersymmetry; Superalgebras, Grassmann-shells and super Lie groups; The PoincarD'e superalgebra; Unitary representation of the PoincarD'e superalgebra; Real superspace RT4/4 and superfields; Complex superspace CT4/2, chiral superfields and covariant derivatives; The on-shell massive superfield representations; The on-shell massless superfield representations; From superfields to component fields; The superconformal group. Field theory in superspace: Supersymmetric field theory; Wess-Zumino model; Supersymmetric nonlinear sigma-models; Vector multiplet models; Supersymmetric Yang-Mills theories; Geometric approach to super Yang-Mills theories; Classically equivalent theories. Quantized superfields: Picture-change operators; Equivalence of component field and superfield perturbation theories; Effective action (super) funtional; The Wess-Zumino model: perturbative analysis; Note about gauge theories; Feynman rules for super Yang-Mills theories; Renormalization; Examples of counterterm calculations: an alternative technique; Superfield effective potential. Superspace geometry of supergravity: Gauge group of supergravity and supergravity fields; Superspace differential geometry; Supergeometry with conformal supergravity constraints; Prepotentials; Einstein supergravity; Prepotential de formations; Supercurrent and supertrace; Supergravity in components. Dynamics in supergravity: Pure supergravity dynamics; Linearized supergravity; Superg.