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Higher-Derivative Supersymmetry and the Witten Index

A. A. Andrianov, M. V. Ioffe, V. P. Spiridonov

hep-tharXiv:hep-th/9303005

Abstract

Higher-derivative generalization of the supersymmetric quantum mechanics is proposed. It is formally based on the standard superalgebra but supercharges involve differential operators of the order n. As a result, their anticommutator entails polynomial of a Hamiltonian. The Witten index does not characterize spontaneous supersymmetry breaking in such models.

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