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Supersymmetric field theories at finite temperature

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:6413117
We show by explicit calculations to second and third order in perturbation theory, that finite temperature effects do not break the supersymmetry Ward-Takahashi identities of the Wess-Zumino model. Moreover, it is argued that this result is true to all orders in perturbation theory, and further, true for a wide class of supersymmetric theories. We point out, however, that these identities can be broken in the course of a phase transition that restores an originally broken internal symmetry.
Research Organization:
Texas Univ., Austin (USA). Center for Particle Theory
DOE Contract Number:
AS05-76ER03992
OSTI ID:
6413117
Report Number(s):
DOE/ER/03992-508; ON: DE83010124
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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