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On $T\bar{T}$ deformations and supersymmetry

High Energy Physics - Theory 2019-07-24 v3

Abstract

We investigate the "TTˉT\bar{T}" deformations of two-dimensional supersymmetric quantum field theories. More precisely, we show that, by using the conservation equations for the supercurrent multiplet, the TTˉT\bar{T} deforming operator can be constructed as a supersymmetric descendant. Here we focus on N=(1,0)\mathcal{N}=(1,0) and N=(1,1)\mathcal{N}=(1,1) supersymmetry. As an example, we analyse in detail the TTˉT\bar{T} deformation of a free N=(1,0)\mathcal{N}=(1,0) supersymmetric action. We also argue that the link between TTˉT\bar{T} and string theory can be extended to superstrings: by analysing the light-cone gauge fixing for superstrings in flat space, we show the correspondence of the string action to the TTˉT\bar{T} deformation of a free theory of eight N=(1,1)\mathcal{N}=(1,1) scalar multiplets on the nose. We comment on how these constructions relate to the geometrical interpretations of TTˉT\bar{T} deformations that have recently been discussed in the literature.

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@article{arxiv.1811.00533,
  title  = {On $T\bar{T}$ deformations and supersymmetry},
  author = {Marco Baggio and Alessandro Sfondrini and Gabriele Tartaglino-Mazzucchelli and Harriet Walsh},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1811.00533},
  year   = {2019}
}

Comments

V3: comments, references, and a new subsection 2.5 added; version to appear in JHEP; 29 pages

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