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$ \mathcal{N}= 1 $ super Feynman rules for any superspin: Noncanonical SUSY

High Energy Physics - Theory 2015-10-27 v3

Abstract

Super Feynman rules for any superspin are given for massive N=1 \mathcal{N}=1 supersymmetric theories, including momentum superspace on-shell legs. This is done by extending, from space to superspace, Weinberg's perturbative approach to quantum field theory. Superfields work just as a device that allow one to write super Poincare-covariant superamplitudes for interacting theories, relying neither in path integral nor canonical formulations. Explicit transformation laws for particle states under finite supersymmetric transformations are offered. C,P,T, \mathit{C}, \mathit{P}, \mathit{T}, and R \mathcal{R} transformations are also worked out. A key feature of this formalism is that it does not require the introduction of auxiliary fields, and when introduced, their purpose is just to render supersymmetric invariant the time-ordered products in the Dyson series. The formalism is tested for the cubic scalar superpotential. It is found that when a superparticle is its own antisuperparticle the lowest-order correction of time-ordered products, together with its covariant part, corresponds to the Wess-Zumino model potential.

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@article{arxiv.1410.6851,
  title  = {$ \mathcal{N}= 1 $ super Feynman rules for any superspin: Noncanonical SUSY},
  author = {Enrique Jiménez},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1410.6851},
  year   = {2015}
}

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28 pages, 1 figure. Published version