Supersymmetry anomalies and analytic regularization

Abstract

The method of analytic regularization in which the number of dimensions is not generalized is shown to preserve the supersymmetry identity relating the anomalies of the supersymmetry current, the trace of the energy–momentum tensor, and the divergence of the axial current at the one-loop level. Explicit counterterms needed for the identity to hold are constructed. The method preserves Dirac and all other tensor algebras in D = 4 space and renders the computation of anomalies straightforward and simple.