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$T \overline{T}$ Deformations of Supersymmetric Quantum Mechanics

High Energy Physics - Theory 2022-08-16 v4

Abstract

We define a manifestly supersymmetric version of the TTT \overline{T} deformation appropriate for a class of (0+1)(0+1)-dimensional theories with N=1\mathcal{N} = 1 or N=2\mathcal{N} = 2 supersymmetry, including one presentation of the super-Schwarzian theory which is dual to JT supergravity. These deformations are written in terms of Noether currents associated with translations in superspace, so we refer to them collectively as f(Q)f(\mathcal{Q}) deformations. We provide evidence that the f(Q)f(\mathcal{Q}) deformations of N=1\mathcal{N} = 1 and N=2\mathcal{N} = 2 theories are on-shell equivalent to the dimensionally reduced supercurrent-squared deformations of 2d2d theories with N=(0,1)\mathcal{N} = (0,1) and N=(1,1)\mathcal{N} = (1,1) supersymmetry, respectively. In the N=1\mathcal{N} = 1 case, we present two forms of the f(Q)f(\mathcal{Q}) deformation which drive the same flow, and clarify their equivalence by studying the analogous equivalent deformations in the non-supersymmetric setting.

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@article{arxiv.2204.05897,
  title  = {$T \overline{T}$ Deformations of Supersymmetric Quantum Mechanics},
  author = {Stephen Ebert and Christian Ferko and Hao-Yu Sun and Zhengdi Sun},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2204.05897},
  year   = {2022}
}

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