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Supersymmetry, supergravity, superspace and BRST symmetry in a simple model

High Energy Physics - Theory 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

We give an introduction to rigid supersymmetry, supergravity and superspace by considering a quantum mechanical model. We analyze the constraints in superspace in this simplified model, and compare the Hamiltonian and Lagrangian BRST formalism.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0408179,
  title  = {Supersymmetry, supergravity, superspace and BRST symmetry in a simple model},
  author = {Peter van Nieuwenhuizen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0408179},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

Contribution to ``Graphs and Patterns in Mathematics and Theoretical Physics'', to appear in Proceedings of Symposia in Pure Mathematics, M. Lyubich and L. Takhtajan editors