Anomalous supersymmetry
Anomalous supersymmetry
We show that supersymmetry is anomalous in N=1 superconformal quantum field theories (SCFTs) with an anomalous R symmetry. This anomaly was originally found in holographic SCFTs at strong coupling. Here we show that this anomaly is present, in general, and demonstrate it for the massless superconformal Wess-Zumino model via a one-loop computation. The anomaly appears first in four-point functions of two supercurrents either with two R currents or with an R current and an energy-momentum tensor. In fact, the Wess-Zumino consistency conditions together with the standard R-symmetry anomaly imply the existence of the anomaly. We outline the implications of this anomaly.
Katsianis, Georgios
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Papadimitriou, Ioannis
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Skenderis, Kostas
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Taylor, Marika
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14 June 2019
Katsianis, Georgios
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Papadimitriou, Ioannis
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Skenderis, Kostas
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Taylor, Marika
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Katsianis, Georgios, Papadimitriou, Ioannis, Skenderis, Kostas and Taylor, Marika
(2019)
Anomalous supersymmetry.
Physical Review Letters, 122 (23), [231602].
(doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.122.231602).
Abstract
We show that supersymmetry is anomalous in N=1 superconformal quantum field theories (SCFTs) with an anomalous R symmetry. This anomaly was originally found in holographic SCFTs at strong coupling. Here we show that this anomaly is present, in general, and demonstrate it for the massless superconformal Wess-Zumino model via a one-loop computation. The anomaly appears first in four-point functions of two supercurrents either with two R currents or with an R current and an energy-momentum tensor. In fact, the Wess-Zumino consistency conditions together with the standard R-symmetry anomaly imply the existence of the anomaly. We outline the implications of this anomaly.
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Accepted/In Press date: 16 May 2019
e-pub ahead of print date: 14 June 2019
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/431927
ISSN: 1079-7114
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