corner
corner

Phys. Rev. D 68, 121701(R) (2003) [5 pages]

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

Download: PDF (60 kB) Buy this article Export: BibTeX or EndNote (RIS)

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

Received 14 August 2003; published 29 December 2003

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.

© 2003 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.68.121701
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevD.68.121701
PACS:
11.30.Pb, 11.10.Gh, 11.10.Nx

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