Nicolai maps for supersymmetric sigma models
Abstract Supersymmetric field theories can be characterized by their Nicolai map, which is a nonlinear and nonlocal field transformation to their free-field limit. The systematic construction of such maps has recently been outlined for actions with power more than two in the fermions, which produces...
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| description | Abstract Supersymmetric field theories can be characterized by their Nicolai map, which is a nonlinear and nonlocal field transformation to their free-field limit. The systematic construction of such maps has recently been outlined for actions with power more than two in the fermions, which produces a perturbative expansion in loop-decorated fermionic tree diagrams. We thoroughly investigate the nonlinear ℂP 1 sigma model in (3+1)-dimensional Minkowski space as a paradigmatical example. We construct and test a chiral form of the Nicolai map, to third order in the coupling, including all (regularized) quantum parts. In addition, all trees with one or two edges are summed up. The free-action condition determines only the one-edge part of the map. We resolve the fermion loop decoration of the Nicolai trees by injecting an auxiliary vector field and present the ensuing classical Nicolai map to second order in a dimensionful coupling. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-42242d0c874d404cb3cf565b606b02dc2025-08-20T03:04:11ZengSpringerOpenJournal of High Energy Physics1029-84792025-02-012025211610.1007/JHEP02(2025)065Nicolai maps for supersymmetric sigma modelsOlaf Lechtenfeld0Institut für Theoretische Physik and Riemann Center for Geometry and Physics, Leibniz Universität HannoverAbstract Supersymmetric field theories can be characterized by their Nicolai map, which is a nonlinear and nonlocal field transformation to their free-field limit. The systematic construction of such maps has recently been outlined for actions with power more than two in the fermions, which produces a perturbative expansion in loop-decorated fermionic tree diagrams. We thoroughly investigate the nonlinear ℂP 1 sigma model in (3+1)-dimensional Minkowski space as a paradigmatical example. We construct and test a chiral form of the Nicolai map, to third order in the coupling, including all (regularized) quantum parts. In addition, all trees with one or two edges are summed up. The free-action condition determines only the one-edge part of the map. We resolve the fermion loop decoration of the Nicolai trees by injecting an auxiliary vector field and present the ensuing classical Nicolai map to second order in a dimensionful coupling.https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP02(2025)065Sigma ModelsSupersymmetric Effective Theories |
| spellingShingle | Olaf Lechtenfeld Nicolai maps for supersymmetric sigma models Journal of High Energy Physics Sigma Models Supersymmetric Effective Theories |
| title | Nicolai maps for supersymmetric sigma models |
| title_full | Nicolai maps for supersymmetric sigma models |
| title_fullStr | Nicolai maps for supersymmetric sigma models |
| title_full_unstemmed | Nicolai maps for supersymmetric sigma models |
| title_short | Nicolai maps for supersymmetric sigma models |
| title_sort | nicolai maps for supersymmetric sigma models |
| topic | Sigma Models Supersymmetric Effective Theories |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP02(2025)065 |
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