Published February 10, 1992
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Journal article
Why topological charges imply extended supersymmetry
Creators
- 1. Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, California State Univ., Long Beach, CA (United States)
- 2. Dept. of Physics, Hobart and William Smith Coll., Geneva, NY (United States)
Description
We present a proof that theories with N=1 supersymmetry and a conserved topological charge must in fact be invariant under an N=2 supersymmetry in which the topological charge appears as the central charge. The proof is valid in 2+1 and 3+1 dimensions. We discuss the more limited results that hold in 1+1 dimensions. Additionally, we consider situations in which the existence of instantons signals the presence of N=2 supersymmetry. (orig.)
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Nuclear Physics. B, Particle Physics
- Journal Volume
- 370
- Journal Issue
- 1
- Series
- Nucl. Phys., B Part. Phys.
- Journal Page Range
- 143-164
- ISSN
- 0550-3213
- CODEN
- NUPBB
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Netherlands
- Country of Input or Organization
- Netherlands
- INIS RN
- 23050428
- Subject category
- S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
- Descriptors DEI
- COMMUTATORS; CONSERVATION LAWS; FOUR-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS; INSTANTONS; LAGRANGIAN FIELD THEORY; ONE-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS; SCALAR FIELDS; SIGMA MODEL; SOLITONS; SPACE-TIME; SPINOR FIELDS; SUPERMULTIPLETS; SUPERSYMMETRY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS; TOPOLOGY; TWO-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS; UNIFIED GAUGE MODELS; VECTOR CURRENTS; VECTOR FIELDS
- Descriptors DEC
- ALGEBRAIC CURRENTS; BOSON-EXCHANGE MODELS; CURRENTS; FIELD THEORIES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; MATHEMATICS; MULTIPLETS; PARTICLE MODELS; PERIPHERAL MODELS; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; QUANTUM OPERATORS; QUASI PARTICLES; SYMMETRY