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Wilsonian proof for renormalizability of N=1/2 supersymmetric field theories

David Berenstein and Soo-Jong Rey
Phys. Rev. D 68, 121701(R) – Published 29 December 2003
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Abstract

We provide a Wilsonian proof for the renormalizability of four-dimensional quantum field theories with N=1/2 supersymmetry. We argue that the non-Hermiticity inherent to these theories permits assigning a noncanonical scaling dimension both for the Grassman coordinates and superfields. This reassignment can be done in such a way that the non(anti)commutativity parameter is dimensionless, and then the rest of the proof amounts to power counting. The renormalizability is also stable against adding standard four-dimensional soft-breaking terms to the theory. However, with the new scaling dimension assignments, some of these terms are not just relevant deformations of the theory but become marginal.

  • Received 14 August 2003

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.68.121701

©2003 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

David Berenstein*

  • Institute for Advanced Study, Einstein Drive, Princeton, New Jersey 08540, USA

Soo-Jong Rey

  • Institute for Advanced Study, Einstein Drive, Princeton, New Jersey 08540, USA
  • School of Physics & BK-21 Physics Division, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-747, Korea

  • *Electronic address: dberens@ias.edu\sjrey@gravity.snu.ac.kr

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Vol. 68, Iss. 12 — 15 December 2003

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