Quantum Superfield Supersymmetry

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Preface Contents 1 Introduction 2 Effective Action and Loop Expansion: General Formulation 3 Superfield Description of Three-Dimensional Supersymmetric Theories 3.1 Definitions and Conventions 3.2 Field Theory Models 3.3 Non-Abelian Gauge Models 3.4 Quantum Description for the Superfield Models 3.5 Effective Action of the Three-Dimensional Superfield Theories and the Proper-Time Method 3.6 Supersymmetry in Three-Dimensional Space-Time and Noncommutativity 3.7 On the Noncommutativity in the Fermionic Sector of the Superspace 3.8 Conclusion 4 Four-Dimensional Superfield Supersymmetry 4.1 General Properties of the Four-Dimensional Superspace 4.2 Field Theory Models in the Four-Dimensional Superspace 4.2.1 Chiral Superfield Models 4.2.2 Abelian Gauge Superfield Model 4.2.3 Non-Abelian Gauge Theories 4.3 Generating Functional and Green Functions for Superfields 4.4 Feynman Supergraphs 4.5 Superficial Degree of Divergence. Renormalization 4.6 Effective Action in Superfield Theories. Superfield Proper-Time Technique 4.7 Problem of Superfield Effective Potential 4.8 The Wess-Zumino Model and a Problem of the Chiral Effective Potential 4.9 General Chiral Superfield Model 4.10 The Higher-Derivative Chiral Superfield Models 4.11 Supergauge Theories 4.11.1 General Description of Supergauge Theories 4.11.2 Background Field Method 4.11.3 Proper-Time Method for the Supergauge Theories 4.12 Conclusions 5 Supersymmetry Breaking 5.1 Explicit Supersymmetry Breaking 5.2 Spontaneous Supersymmetry Breaking 6 Conclusions Bibliography Index