119183441
The structure of supersymmetry in PT symmetric quantum mechanics
The structure of supersymmetry is analyzed systematically in PT symmetric quantum mechanical theories. We give a detailed description of supersymmetric systems associated with one-dimensional PT symmetric quantum mechanical theories. We show that there is a richer structure present in these theories compared to the conventional theories associated with Hermitian Hamiltonians. We bring out various properties associated with these supersymmetric systems and generalize such quantum mechanical theories to higher dimensions as well as to the case of one-dimensional shape invariant potentials.
17283472
Large gauge Ward identity
Abstract We study the question of the Ward identity for ` large' gauge invariance in 0+1 dimensional theories. We derive the relevant Ward identities for a single flavor fermion and a single flavor complex scalar field interacting with an Abelian gauge field. These identities are nonlinear. The Ward identity for any other complicated theory can be derived from these basic sets of identities. However, the structure of the Ward identity changes since these are nonlinear identities. In particular, we work out the ` large' gauge Ward identity for a supersymmetric theory involving a single flavor of fermion as well as a complex scalar field. Contrary to the effective action for the individual theories, the solution of the Ward identity in the supersymmetric theory involves an infinity of Fourier component modes. We comment on which features of this analysis are likely/unlikely to generalize to the 2+1 dimensional theory.
46280608
SELECTED TOPICS IN INTEGRABLE MODELS
In these talks, I discuss a few selected topics in integrable models that are of interest from various points of view. Some open questions are also described.
18666187
Topics in Finite Temperature Field Theory
We discuss a few selected topics in finite temperature field theory.
15910786
Supersymmetric polytropic gas dynamics
Abstract We construct the N =1 supersymmetric extension of the polytropic gas dynamics. We give both the Lagrangian as well as the Hamiltonian description of this system. We construct the infinite set of ‘‘ Eulerian" conserved charges associated with this system and show that they are in involution, thereby proving complete integrability of this system. We construct the SUSY-B extension of this system as well and comment on the similarities and differences between this system and an earlier construction of the supersymmetric Chaplygin gas. We also derive the N =1 supersymmetric extension of the elastic medium equations, which, however, do not appear to be integrable.
119290439
An alternative construction of the positive inner product in non-Hermitian quantum mechanics
Within the context of non-Hermitian quantum mechanics, we use the generators of eigenvectors of the Hamiltonian to construct a unitary inner product space. Such models have been of interest in recent years, for instance, in the context of PT symmetry, although our construction extends to the larger class of so-called pseudo-Hermitian operators. We provide a detailed example to illustrate the concept and compare with known results.
14154427
A NONSTANDARD SUPERSYMMETRIC KP HIERARCHY
We show that the supersymmetric nonlinear Schrodinger equation can be written as a constrained super KP flow in a nonstandard representation of the Lax equation. We construct the conserved charges and show that this system reduces to the super mKdV equation with appropriate identifications. We construct various flows generated by the general nonstandard super Lax equation and show that they contain both the KP and mKP flows in the bosonic limits. This nonstandard supersymmetric KP hierarchy allows us to construct a new super KP equation which is nonlocal.
17464874
A New Class of Supersymmetric Theories
We construct a class of quantum mechanical theories which are invariant under fermionic transformations similar to supersymmetry transformations. The generators of the transformations in this case, however, satisfy a BRST-like algebra.
15684496
The supersymmetric two boson hierarchies
Abstract We construct the most general supersymmetric two boson system that is integrable. We obtain the Lax operator and the nonstandard Lax representation for this system. We show that, under appropriate redefinition of variables, this reduces to the supersymmetric nonlinear Schrodinger equation without any arbitrary parameter which is known to be integrable. We show that this supersymmetric system has three local Hamiltonian structures just like the bosonic counterpart and we show how the supersymmetric KdV equation can be embedded into this system.
122033381
On the “current” algebra of the KdV equation
Abstract We study the algebra of the conserved densities of the KdV equation. We obtain general conditions which show that the algebra does not close in general. A nontrivial example where the algebra closes is presented.
17599315
Higher-Dimensional SUSY Quantum Mechanics
Higher-dimensional supersymmetric quantum mechanics is studied. General properties of the two-dimensional case are presented. For three spatial dimensions or higher, a spin structure is shown to arise naturally from the nonrelativistic supersymmetry algebra.