Srednicki — Quantum Field Theory · Problem 95.2

Canonical Quantization of Scalar Fields — Mark Srednicki

Physics — QFT · supersymmetry-spontaneous-breaking

Problem

Supersymmetry is spontaneously broken if the ground state ∣0⟩|0\rangle is not annihilated by all the supercharges. a) Use the first of eqs. (95.34) to show that supersymmetry is spontaneously broken if ⟨0∣F∣0⟩≠0\langle 0|F|0\rangle \neq 0. b) Compute {λa,Qb}\{\lambda_a, Q_b\}. Use the result to show that supersymmetry is spontaneously broken if ⟨0∣D∣0⟩≠0\langle 0|D|0\rangle \neq 0.

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