Spontaneous breakdown of supersymmetry at nonzero temperatures

Swee-Ping Chia
Phys. Rev. D 33, 2481 – Published 15 April 1986
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Abstract

It is shown that for supersymmetry to be manifest at nonzero temperatures, the thermal averages of all the auxiliary fields must vanish. It therefore follows that broken supersymmetry at zero temperature is never restored. But supersymmetry that is manifest at zero temperature may or may not be broken at nonzero temperatures. Several illustrative examples are considered.

  • Received 18 November 1985

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.33.2481

©1986 American Physical Society

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Swee-Ping Chia

  • Physics Department, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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Vol. 33, Iss. 8 — 15 April 1986

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