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An entropy current in superspace

High Energy Physics - Theory 2019-01-30 v1 Statistical Mechanics

Abstract

We construct an entropy current using a supersymmetric formulation of the low-energy effective action for the Schwinger-Keldysh generating functional. We define an entropy current quantum mechanically by coupling it to an external source. It is given by the bottom component of an entropy current superfield which is conserved in superspace, but when restricted to real space satisfies a non-conservation law. Our analysis is valid in the probe limit which allows us to fully treat quantum fluctuations.

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@article{arxiv.1803.07070,
  title  = {An entropy current in superspace},
  author = {Kristan Jensen and Raja Marjieh and Natalia Pinzani-Fokeeva and Amos Yarom},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1803.07070},
  year   = {2019}
}

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20 pages

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