The quantum mechanics of an N = 1 superparticle in extended superspace

Journal Article · Mon Jul 30 04:00:00 UTC 1990 · Modern Physics Letters A; (USA)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1142/S0217732390001591· OSTI ID:6587159

Green, M B; Hull, C ^[1]

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1. Queen Mary Coll., London (UK). Dept. of Physics

A new ten-dimensional superparticle action with local symmetries implemented via gauge fields is formulated in a superspace with an extra anticommuting space-time spinor coordinate. Light-cone quantization gives the spectrum of N = 1 super-Yang-Mills. Covariant gauge choices in which the gauge fields are set to constants lead to free BRST-invariant quantum actions. Possible ghost systems include one with only a finite number of ghosts and several with an infinite number. In each case, the BRST cohomology class of zero ghost number gives the spectrum of N = 1 super-Yang-Mills.

• OSTI ID: 6587159
• Journal Information: Modern Physics Letters A; (USA), Journal Name: Modern Physics Letters A; (USA) Vol. 5:18; ISSN 0217-7323; ISSN MPLAE
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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