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The Quantum 3D Superparticle
Luca Mezincescua, Paul K. Townsendb a Department of Physics, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL 33124, USA
b Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics,
Centre for Mathematical Sciences, University of Cambridge,
Wilberforce Road, Cambridge, CB3 0WA, UK
Abstract:
The minimal ($\mathcal N=1$) superparticle in three spacetime dimensions (3D) is quantized. For non-zero mass it describes a spin-$1/4$ semion supermultiplet of “relativistic helicities” $(-1/4,1/4)$. The addition of a parity-violating Lorentz–Wess–Zumino term shifts this to $(\beta -1/4,\beta+1/4)$ for arbitrary $\beta$. For zero mass, in which case spin is not defined, the quantum superparticle describes a supermultiplet of one boson and one fermion.
Keywords:
superparticle; semion.
Received: November 29, 2010; in final form January 5, 2011; Published online January 10, 2011
Citation:
Luca Mezincescu, Paul K. Townsend, “The Quantum 3D Superparticle”, SIGMA, 7 (2011), 005, 11 pp.
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