Supersymmetric Schur Q-functions and Super BKP Hierarchy

In this paper, we first define supersymmetric Schur Q-functions and give their vertex operators realization. By means of the vertex operator, we obtain a series of non-linear partial differential equations of infinite order, called the super BKP hierarchy and the super BKP hierarchy governs the supersymmetric Schur Q-functions as the tau functions. Moreover, we prove that supersymmetric Schur Q-functions can be viewed as compound Schur Q-functions. This means that we can study the properties of supersymmetric Schur Q-functions according to Schur Q-functions, such as their applications in representation theory.