Fayet-Iliopoulos term and nonlinear self-duality

Journal Article · Thu Apr 15 04:00:00 EDT 2010 · Physical Review. D, Particles Fields

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVD.81.085036· OSTI ID:21409659

Kuzenko, Sergei M ^[1]

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1. School of Physics M013, University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley W.A. 6009 (Australia)

The N=1 supersymmetric Born-Infeld action is known to describe the vector Goldstone multiplet for partially broken N=2 rigid supersymmetry, and this model is believed to be unique. However, it can be deformed by adding the Fayet-Iliopoulos term without losing the second nonlinearly realized supersymmetry. Although the first supersymmetry then becomes spontaneously broken, the deformed action still describes partial N=2{yields}N=1 supersymmetry breaking. The unbroken supercharges in this theory correspond to a different choice of N=1 subspace in the N=2 superspace, as compared with the undeformed case. Implications of the Fayet-Iliopoulos term for general models for self-dual nonlinear supersymmetric electrodynamics are discussed. The known ubiquitous appearance of the Volkov-Akulov action in such models is explained. We also present a two-parameter duality-covariant deformation of the N=1 supersymmetric Born-Infeld action as a model for partial breaking of N=2 supersymmetry.

• OSTI ID: 21409659
• Journal Information: Physical Review. D, Particles Fields, Journal Name: Physical Review. D, Particles Fields Journal Issue: 8 Vol. 81; ISSN PRVDAQ; ISSN 0556-2821
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
BORN-INFELD THEORY
BOSONS
DUALITY
ELECTRODYNAMICS
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
GOLDSTONE BOSONS
NONLINEAR PROBLEMS
POSTULATED PARTICLES
SUPERSYMMETRY
SYMMETRY
SYMMETRY BREAKING