New N=4 supersymmetric Yang-Mills path integral

被引:3
作者
Fu, Chih-Hao [1 ]
Kallosh, Renata [2 ]
机构
[1] Univ Durham, Dept Math Sci, Durham DH1 3LE, England
[2] Stanford Univ, Dept Phys, Stanford, CA 94305 USA
来源
PHYSICAL REVIEW D | 2010年 / 82卷 / 12期
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词
FINITENESS; AMPLITUDES;
D O I
10.1103/PhysRevD.82.125022
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
Using Lorentz-covariant spinor helicity formalism, we reorganize the unitary scalar superfield light-cone path integral for the N = 4 supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory. In new variables in the chiral Fourier superspace, the quadratic and cubic parts of the classical action have manifest Lorentz, kinematical and dynamical supersymmetry, with the exception of terms which contribute only to the contact terms in the supergraphs with propagators shrinking to a point. These terms have the same structure as supergraphs with quartic light-cone vertices, which break dynamical supersymmetry. We present evidence that all complicated terms breaking dynamical supersymmetry have to cancel and therefore can be omitted. It is plausible that the new form of the path integral leads to a set of relatively simple unitarity based rules with manifest N = 4 supersymmetry.
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