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1、BASICCANONIND=4,N=1SUPERFIELDTHEORY:FivePrimerLecturesS.JAMESGATES,JR.DepartmentofPhysics,UniversityofMaryland,CollegePark,MD20742-4111,USAE-mail:gatess@wam.umd.eduThetopicof4D,N=1supersymmetryisintroducedforthereaderwithapriorbackgroundinrelativisticquantum eldtheory.Thepresentationisdesignedtob
2、eausefulprimerforthosewhoplantolaterengageinseriousinvestigationoftheareaorasanoverviewforthegenerallyinterested.arXiv:hep-th/9809064v19Sep19981PrologueAtMITwhenIwasagraduatestudentlookingforatopiconwhichIwouldwritemydoctoralthesis,onethingIdidwastomakeasurveyoftheresearchliterature.Thereweremany
3、topicsthatwereofcurrentinterest;theBagModel,"thedilutegasapproximationofQCD,uni edelectroweakmodels,instantonphysicsandnumbersofotherthings.However,beingagraduatestudent,I guredthatthebestthingonwhichtoworkmustbesomethingcompletelynew.Afterallifitwasasnewaspossible,thenIhadafairchancetocompetewi
4、theveryoneelsewhoalsodidnotknowanythingaboutthisnewtopic.Iveryrapidlycametotheconclusionthatmychoiceoughttobethe(then)newlydiscoveredclassofquantum eldtheorieswhichpossessedapropertycalledsupersymmetry."Icouldtellitwasnewbecauseinthe rstarticleIreadaboutit,thereappearedthenotionofagradientoperat
5、orwhichpossessedaspinorialindex!Ihadneverseenanythingsimilarinanyofmyclasses,sothisseemedaprettygoodindicationthatthiswasreallynew.Forawhileitseemedasthoughmyapproachhadworkedtoowell.NoonewithwhomIspokeinthedepartmentknewanythingaboutthisstu thatinvolvedsuperspace"andsuper elds."Worseyet,itseem
6、edasthoughitwasslightlydisreputabletoworkonthisfancifultopicespeciallywhentherewas`realphysics'tobedone.SotherewerenoobviousfacultymemberstowhomIcouldbeanapprentice.Idid,however, ndathesisadviserfromwhomIhadlearnedalotaboutelectroweakmodelsandhetrustedmeenoughtoletmefollowmynose.Buthemadeitcleart
7、hatIwouldbetotallyresponsibleforteachingmyselfthetopic,althoughhewasavailabletodiscussthingswheneverIgotstuck.Thus,Iwaso ontheadventureofmentallygoingtosuperspaceandlearningaboutthelayoftheland.ThefactthatIhavebeeninvi
