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Infinite-dimensional fermionic symmetry in supersymmetric gauge theories

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Dumitrescu, TT 
He, T 
Strominger, A 

Abstract

We establish the existence of an infinite-dimensional fermionic symmetry in four-dimensional supersymmetric gauge theories by analyzing semiclassical photino dynamics in abelian N=1 theories with charged matter. The symmetry is parametrized by a spinor-valued function on an asymptotic S2 at null infinity. It is not manifest at the level of the Lagrangian, but acts non-trivially on physical states, and its Ward identity is the soft photino theorem. The infinite-dimensional fermionic symmetry resides in the same N=1 supermultiplet as the physically non-trivial large gauge symmetries associated with the soft photon theorem.

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Gauge Symmetry, Scattering Amplitudes, Supersymmetric Gauge Theory

Journal Title

Journal of High Energy Physics

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1029-8479
1029-8479

Volume Title

2021

Publisher

Springer Science and Business Media LLC