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N=2 supersymmetric Pais-Uhlenbeck oscillator

High Energy Physics - Theory 2015-06-01 v2 Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

We construct an N=2 supersymmetric extension of the Pais-Uhlenbeck oscillator for distinct frequencies of oscillation. A link to a set of decoupled N=2 supersymmetric harmonic oscillators with alternating sign in the Hamiltonian is introduced. Symmetries of the model are discussed in detail. The investigation of a quantum counterpart of the constructed model shows that the corresponding Fock space contains negative norm states and the energy spectrum of the system is unbounded from below.

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@article{arxiv.1503.03699,
  title  = {N=2 supersymmetric Pais-Uhlenbeck oscillator},
  author = {Ivan Masterov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1503.03699},
  year   = {2015}
}

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