Published July 2018 | Version v1
Journal article

Comment about the vanishing of the vacuum energy in the Wess–Zumino model

  • 1. Theory Department, Lebedev Physics Institute, Leninsky Prospect 53, Moscow 119991 (Russian Federation)
  • 2. L.D. Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Kosygin str. 2, 119334 Moscow (Russian Federation)
  • 3. Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università di Bologna and INFN, Via Irnerio 46, 40126 Bologna (Italy)

Description

We check the cancellation of the vacuum energy in the Wess–Zumino model at the two-loop order in the component field formalisms with and without auxiliary fields. We show that in both cases the vacuum energy is equal to zero. However, in the formalism where the auxiliary fields are excluded, the vanishing of the vacuum energy arises due to the cancellation between the potential and kinetic energies, while in the formalism with the auxiliary fields, both terms vanish separately.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2018.05.008

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.physletb.2018.05.008;
arXiv
arXiv:1804.03394v1;
PII
S0370269318303721;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physics Letters. Section B
Journal Volume
782
Journal Page Range
p. 55-60
ISSN
0370-2693
CODEN
PYLBAJ

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
51017395
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Descriptors DEI
FIELD THEORIES; KINETIC ENERGY; SIMULATION; SUPERSYMMETRY
Descriptors DEC
ENERGY; SYMMETRY

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