Siegel superparticle, higher order fermionic constraints, and path integrals

May, 1998
22 pages
Published in:
  • Nucl.Phys.B 536 (1998) 435-453
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Report number:
  • IFUSP-P-1308

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Abstract:
We study Siegel superparticle moving in R44R^{4|4} flat superspace. Canonical quantization is accomplished yielding the massless Wess-Zumino model as an effective field theory. Path integral representation for the corresponding superpropagator is constructed and proven to involve the Siegel action in a gauge fixed form. It is shown that higher order fermionic constraints intrinsic in the theory, though being a consequence of others in d=4d=4, make a crucial contribution into the path integral.
Note:
  • 22 pages, LaTex file Report-no: IFUSP/P 1308
  • 04.60.Ds
  • 11.30.Pb
  • Canonical quantization
  • Path integral
  • Superparticle
  • supersymmetry
  • particle: relativistic
  • quantization: light cone
  • Wess-Zumino model: massless
  • propagator