Supersymmetry and localization (Q1356113)

The aim of the present paper is to derive very general localization formulae in the framework of supergeometry. Namely, the authors consider an integral over a finite dimensional (super)manifold \(M\), where the integrand is invariant under the action of an odd vector field \(Q\). They formulate sufficient conditions on \(M\) and \(Q\) under which the integral localizes onto the zero locus of the number part of \(Q\). One of the possible ways to apply the theorems of the present paper is based on the use of the Batalin-Vilkovisky formalism where the calculation of physical quantities reduces to the calculation of integrals of functions invariant with respect to an odd vector field. In this paper the authors do not consider concrete examples of the application of their results. They only mention that their results can be used, for instance, to calculate integrals of \(OSp(n|m)\)-invariant functions and obtain the statement about reduction in the Parisi-Sourlas model.