An Off‐Shell Superspace Reformulation of D = 4, N = 4 Super‐Yang–Mills Theory

DOI10.1002/PROP.201700082arXiv1707.00554MaRDI QIDQ6059628FDOQ6059628

Authors: M. Cederwall 

Publication date: 2 November 2023

Published in: Fortschritte der Physik (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: D=4, N=4 super-Yang-Mills theory has an off-shell superspace formulation in terms of pure spinor superfields, which is directly inherited from the D=10 theory. That superspace, in particular the choice of pure spinor variables, is less suitable for dealing with fields that are inherently 4-dimensional, such as the superfields based on the scalars, which are gauge-covariant, and traces of powers of scalars, which are gauge-invariant. We give a reformulation of D=4, N=4 super-Yang-Mills theory in N=4 superspace, using inherently 4-dimensional pure spinors. All local degrees of freedom reside in a superfield based on the physical scalars. The formalism should be suited for calculations of correlators of traces of scalar superfields.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1707.00554

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zbMATH Keywords

supersymmetric gauge theorymaximal supersymmetrysuperfields

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum theory (81-XX)

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