The Quantum 3D Superparticle

• Published in: Symmetry, Integrability and Geometry: Methods and Applications
• Date: 2011
• Main Authors: Mezincescu, L., Townsend, P.K.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Інститут математики НАН України 2011
• Online Access: https://nasplib.isofts.kiev.ua/handle/123456789/146793
• Journal Title: Digital Library of Periodicals of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
• Cite this: The Quantum 3D Superparticle / L. Mezincescu, P.K. Townsend // Symmetry, Integrability and Geometry: Methods and Applications. — 2011. — Т. 7. — Бібліогр.: 21 назв. — англ.

The minimal (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 (β−1/4,β+1/4) for...