Minimal supergeometric quantum field theories

DOI10.1016/J.PHYSLETB.2023.138234MaRDI QIDQ6186514zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Apostolos Pilaftsis

Publication date 2 February 2024

Published in Physics Letters B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2307.01126

zbMATH Keywords

quantum field theorysupergeometry

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum theory (81-XX) Relativity and gravitational theory (83-XX)

Abstract: We formulate minimal SuperGeometric Quantum Field Theories (SG-QFTs) that allow for scalar-fermion field transformations in a manifestly reparameterisation covariant manner. First, we discuss the issue of uniqueness in defining the field-space supermetric of the underlying supermanifold, and clarify the fact that different supermetric definitions can lead to distinct theories in the off-shell kinematic region. By adopting natural choices for the field-space supermetric, we~then show that scalar fields alone cannot induce a non-trivial field-space Riemannian curvature in the fermionic sector, beyond the one originating from the scalar part of the theory. We~present for the first time minimal SG-QFT models that feature non-zero fermionic curvature both in two and four spacetime dimensions. Physical applications of SG-QFTs are discussed.

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