Preface to the Second Edition |
Preface to the First Edition |
Introduction |
Lorentz and Poincaré Group, SL(2, $$$), Dirac and Majorana Spinors / 1: |
The Lorentz Group / 1.1: |
The Poincaré Group / 1.2: |
SL(2, $$$), Dotted and Undotted Indices / 1.3: |
Spinor Algebra / 1.3.1: |
Calculations with Spinors / 1.3.2: |
Connection between SL(2, $$$) and L↑+ / 1.3.3: |
The Fierz-Reordering Formula / 1.3.4: |
Further Calculations with Spinors / 1.3.5: |
Higher Order Weyl Spinors and their Representations / 1.3.6: |
Dirac and Majorana Spinors / 1.4: |
The Weyl Basis or Chiral Representations / 1.4.1: |
The Canonical Basis or Dirac Representation / 1.4.2: |
The Majorana Representation / 1.4.3: |
Charge Conjugation, Dirac and Weyl Representations / 1.4.4: |
Majorana Spinors / 1.4.5: |
Calculations with Dirac Spinors / 1.4.6: |
Calculations with Majorana Spinors / 1.4.7: |
No-Go Theorems and Graded Lie Algebras / 2: |
The Theorems of Coleman-Mandula and Haag, &Lstoke;opuszański, Sohnius / 2.1: |
The Theorem of Coleman-Mandula / 2.1.1: |
The Theorem of Haag, &Lstoke;opuszański and Sohnius / 2.1.2: |
Graded Lie Algebras / 2.2: |
Lie Algebras / 2.2.1: |
Graded Algebras / 2.2.2: |
The Graded Lie Algebra of SU (2, $$$) / 2.2.3: |
$$$2 Graded Lie Algebras / 2.4: |
Graded Matrices / 2.5: |
The Supersymmetric Extension of the Poincaré Algebra / 3: |
Four-Component Dirac Formulation / 3.1: |
Two-Component Weyl Formulation / 3.2: |
Representations of the Super-Poincaré Algebra / 4: |
Casimir Operators / 4.1: |
Classification of Irreducible Representations / 4.2: |
N = 1 Supersymmetry / 4.2.1: |
N >1 Supersymmetry / 4.2.2: |
The Wess-Zumino Model / 5: |
The Lagrangian and the Equations of Motion / 5.1: |
Symmetries / 5.2: |
Plane Wave Expansions / 5.3: |
Projection Operators / 5.4: |
Anticommutation Relations / 5.5: |
The Energy-Momentum Operator of the Wess-Zumino Model / 5.6: |
The Hamilton Operator / 5.6.1: |
The Three-Momentum Pi / 5.6.2: |
Infinitesimal Supersymmetry Transformations / 5.7: |
Superspace Formalism and Superfields / 6: |
Superspace / 6.1: |
Grassmann Differentiation / 6.2: |
Supersymmetry Transformations in the Weyl Formalism / 6.3: |
Finite Supersymmetry Transformations / 6.3.1: |
Infinitesimal Supersymmetry Transformations and Differential Operator Representations of the Generators / 6.3.2: |
Consistency with the Majorana Formalism / 6.4: |
Covariant Derivatives / 6.5: |
Constraints / 6.6: |
Transformations of Component Fields / 6.8: |
Constrained Superfields and Supermultiplets / 7: |
Chiral Superfields / 7.1: |
Vector Superfields, Generalized Gauge Transformations / 7.2: |
The Supersymmetric Field Strength / 7.3: |
Supersymmetric Lagrangians / 8: |
Grassmann Integration / 8.1: |
Lagrangians and Actions / 8.2: |
Construction of Lagrangians from Scalar Superfields / 8.2.1: |
Construction of Lagrangians from Vector Superfields / 8.2.2: |
Remarks / 8.2.3: |
Spontaneous Breaking of Supersymmetry / 9: |
The Superpotential / 9.1: |
Projection Technique / 9.2: |
Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking / 9.3: |
The Goldstone Theorem / 9.3.1: |
Remarks on the Wess-Zumino Model / 9.3.2: |
The O'Raifeartaigh Model / 9.4: |
The Mass Spectrum of the O'Raifeartaigh Model / 9.4.1: |
Supersymmetric Gauge Theories / 10: |
Minimal Coupling / 10.1: |
Super Quantum Electrodynamics / 10.2: |
The Fayet-Iliopoulos Model / 10.3: |
Supersymmetric Non-Abelian Gauge Theory / 10.4: |
Bibliography |
Index |
Preface to the Second Edition |
Preface to the First Edition |
Introduction |
Lorentz and Poincaré Group, SL(2, $$$), Dirac and Majorana Spinors / 1: |
The Lorentz Group / 1.1: |
The Poincaré Group / 1.2: |