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Type of supersymmetric quantum field theory
In theoretical physics, the Wess–Zumino model has become the first known example of an interacting four-dimensional quantum field theory with linearly realised supersymmetry. In 1974, Julius Wess and Bruno Zumino studied, using modern terminology, dynamics of a single chiral superfield whose cubic superpotential leads to a renormalizable theory. It is a special case of 4D N = 1 global supersymmetry. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Wess–Zumino modelA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: D-instanton induced superpotentialInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: String theory, gauge theory and quantum gravityThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: From superpotential to model files for FeynArts and CalcHep/CompHepCited 327 times
- Go sideways: N = 1 supersymmetric Yang–Mills theoryA closely related topic
- Go sideways: SupermultipletA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Noun One of the parameters of supersymmetry.
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
From superpotential to model files for FeynArts and CalcHep/CompHep
Bottom-up approach to moduli dynamics in heavy gravitino scenario: Superpotential, soft terms, and sparticle mass spectrum
BPS action and superpotential for heterotic string compactifications with fluxes
Vacua with Small Flux Superpotential
Some exact results on the superpotential from Calabi-Yau compactifications
An Elliptic Superpotential for Softly Broken Script N = 4 Supersymmetric Yang-Mills Theory
Fluxes and gaugings: N = 1 effective superpotential
Extremal black holes, nilpotent orbits and the true fake superpotential
🆕 Influential since 2022
D-instanton induced superpotential
D-instanton superpotential in string theory
Superpotential method and the amplification of inflationary perturbations
Chiral dualities for SQCD3 with D-type superpotential
Shape invariance of solvable Schrödinger equations with a generalized hyperbolic tangent superpotential
📚 Books worth reading
- 📕String theory, gauge theory and quantum gravityE. Gava, Trieste Conference on Duality Symmetries in String Theory (2nd 1997) · 1998
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