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The Quantum 3D Superparticle

High Energy Physics - Theory 2015-03-17 v2 Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

The minimal (N=1{\cal N}=1) superparticle in three spacetime dimensions (3D) is quantized. For non-zero mass it describes a spin-1/4 semion supermultiplet of "relativistic helicities" (-1/4, 1/4). The addition of a parity-violating Lorentz-Wess-Zumino term shifts this to (β1/4,β+1/4)(\beta-1/4,\beta+1/4) for arbitrary β\beta. For zero mass, in which case spin is not defined, the quantum superparticle describes a supermultiplet of one boson and one fermion.

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@article{arxiv.1011.5049,
  title  = {The Quantum 3D Superparticle},
  author = {Luca Mezincescu and Paul K. Townsend},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1011.5049},
  year   = {2015}
}

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Contribution to proceedings of the SIGMA workshop "Supersymmetric Quantum Mechanics and Spectral Design", July 2010, Benasque, Spain

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