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Higher-Derivative Supersymmetry and the Witten Index

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-10-22 v1

Abstract

Higher-derivative generalization of the supersymmetric quantum mechanics is proposed. It is formally based on the standard superalgebra but supercharges involve differential operators of the order nn. As a result, their anticommutator entails polynomial of a Hamiltonian. The Witten index does not characterize spontaneous supersymmetry breaking in such models.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9303005,
  title  = {Higher-Derivative Supersymmetry and the Witten Index},
  author = {A. A. Andrianov and M. V. Ioffe and V. P. Spiridonov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9303005},
  year   = {2009}
}

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9 pp, Latex, UdeM-LPN-TH-129/92