Topological anomalies from the path integral measure in superspace

Details Topological anomalies from the path integral measure in superspace Topological anomalies from the path integral measure in superspace

2003-05-16

arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0305144v2

Annals Phys. 308 (2003) 78-114

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Theory

36 pages

Scientific paper

10.1016/S0003-4916(03)00133-7

A fully quantum version of the Witten-Olive analysis of the central charge in the N=1 Wess-Zumino model in $d=2$ with a kink solution is presented by using path integrals in superspace. We regulate the Jacobians with heat kernels in superspace, and obtain all superconformal anomalies as one Jacobian factor. The conserved quantum currents differ from the Noether currents by terms proportional to field equations, and these terms contribute to the anomalies. We identify the particular variation of the superfield which produces the central charge current and its anomaly; it is the variation of the auxiliary field. The quantum supersymmetry algebra which includes the contributions of superconformal anomalies is derived by using the Bjorken-Johnson-Low method instead of semi-classical Dirac brackets. We confirm earlier results that the BPS bound remains saturated at the quantum level due to equal anomalies in the energy and central charge.

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