Supersymmetric Born-Infeld Theory Research Articles

Gravitino condensate in N = 1 supergravity coupled to the N = 1 supersymmetric Born–Infeld theory

Abstract The $N=1$ supersymmetric Born–Infeld theory coupled to $N=1$ supergravity in four spacetime dimensions is studied in the presence of a cosmological term with spontaneous supersymmetry breaking. The consistency is achieved by compensating a negative contribution to the cosmological term from the Born–Infeld theory by a positive contribution originating from the gravitino condensate. This leads to an identification of the Born–Infeld scale with the supersymmetry-breaking scale. The dynamical formation of the gravitino condensate in supergravity is reconsidered and the induced one-loop effective potential is derived. Slow-roll cosmological inflation with the gravitino condensate as the inflaton (near the maximum of the effective potential) is viable against the Planck 2018 data and can lead to the inflationary (Hubble) scale as high as $10^{12}$ GeV. Uplifting the Minkowski vacuum (after inflation) to a de Sitter vacuum (dark energy) is possible by the use of the alternative Fayet–Iliopoulos term. Some major physical consequences of our scenario for reheating are also briefly discussed.

N=2 Super-Born-Infeld from Partially BrokenN=3 Supersymmetry ind=4

We employ the non-linear realization techniques to relate the N = 1 chiral, and the N = 2 vector multiplets to the Goldstone spin 1=2 superfleld arising from partial supersymmetry breaking of N = 2 and N = 3 respectively. In both cases, we obtain a family of non-linear transformation laws realizing an extra supersymmetry. In the N = 2 case, we flnd an invariant action which is the low energy limit of the supersymmetric Born-Infeld theory expected to describe a D3-brane in six dimensions.

Towards higher N superextensions of Born-Infeld theory

We give a brief account of supersymmetric Born–Infeld theories with extended supersymmetry, including those with partially broken supersymmetry. Some latest developments in this area are presented. One of them is N = 3 supersymmetric Born–Infeld theory which admits a natural off-shell formulation in N = 3 harmonic superspace.

Superbranes and super Born-Infeld theories from nonlinear realizations

We describe, on a few instructive examples, a systematic way of deducing the superfield equations of motion of superbranes in the approach of partial breaking of global supersymmetry (PBGS) from the nonlinear-realizations formalism. For D-branes these equations simultaneously represent the appropriate supersymmetric Born-Infeld theories. We also discuss how to construct an off-shell superfield action for the N = 2, d = 4 Dirac-Born-Infeld theory corresponding to the partial supersymmetry breaking N = 4 → N = 2 in d = 4.

N=2 and N=4 supersymmetric Born–Infeld theories from nonlinear realizations

Starting from nonlinear realizations of the partially broken central-charge extended N=4 and N=8 Poincaré supersymmetries in D=4, we derive the superfield equations of N=2 and N=4 Born–Infeld theories. The basic objects are the bosonic Goldstone N=2 and N=4 superfields associated with the central charge generators. By construction, the equations are manifestly N=2 and N=4 supersymmetric and enjoy covariance under another nonlinearly realized half of the original supersymmetries. They provide a manifestly worldvolume supersymmetric static-gauge description of D3-branes in D=6 and D=10. For the N=2 case we find, to lowest orders, the equivalence transformation to the standard N=2 Maxwell superfield strength and restore, up to the sixth order, the off-shell N=2 Born–Infeld action with the second hidden N=2 supersymmetry.

Morita equivalence and T-duality (or B versus Θ)

T-duality in M(atrix) theory has been argued to be realized as Morita equivalence in Yang-Mills theory on a non-commutative torus (NCSYM). Even though the two have the same structure group, they differ in their action since Morita equivalence makes crucial use of an additional modulus on the NCSYM side, the constant Abelian magnetic background. In this paper, we reanalyze and clarify the correspondence between M(atrix) theory and NCSYM, and provide two resolutions of this puzzle. In the first of them, the standard map is kept and the extra modulus is ignored, but the anomalous transformation is offset by the M(atrix) theory ``rest term''. In the second, the standard map is modified so that the duality transformations agree, and a $SO(d)$ symmetry is found to eliminate the spurious modulus. We argue that this is a true symmetry of supersymmetric Born-Infeld theory on a non-commutative torus, which allows to freely trade a constant magnetic background for non-commutativity of the base-space. We also obtain a BPS mass formula for this theory, invariant under T-duality, U-duality, and continuous $SO(d)$ symmetry.

U-duality in supersymmetric Born-Infeld theory

The Born-Infeld theory of a toroidal D3-brane has an SL(5,Z) U-duality symmetry. We investigate how this symmetry is reflected in the supersymmetry algebra. We propose an action of the group on the gauge theory fields in the BPS sector by introducing an extra field together with an additional symmetry, and argue for the U-invariance of the degeneracies of the BPS spectrum.

Bogomol'nyi bounds and the supersymmetric Born-Infeld theory

We study N = 2 supersymmetric Born-Infeld-Higgs theory in three dimensions and derive Bogomol'nyi relations in its bosonic sector. A peculiar coupling between the Higgs and the gauge field (with dynamics determined by the Born-Infeld action) is forced by supersymmetry. The resulting equations coincide with those arising in the Maxwell-Higgs model. Concerning Bogomol'nyi bounds for the vortex energy, they are derived from the N = 2 supersymmetry algebra.