Vanishing index for supersymmetric 2-matrix model with odd dimensional gauge group.pdfVIP

Vanishing index for supersymmetric 2-matrix model with odd dimensional gauge group G.M. Graf(a) , D. Hasler(a) , J. Hoppe(b) 2 (a) Theoretische Physik, ETH-H¨onggerberg, CH–8093 Z¨urich 0 0 (b) Royal Institute of Technology, Department of Mathematics, S-10044 Stockholm 2 y a February 1, 2008 M 8 2 1 Abstract v 5 We define an operator which for odd-dimensional compact gauge group fur- 8 nishes unitary equivalence of the bosonic and fermionic sector in the supersym- 2 5 metric quantum-mechanical matrix model obtained by dimensional reduction from 0 3-dimensional supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory. 2 0 / Let G be a compact semisimple Lie group. We consider a class of supersymmetric h G-invariant quantum mechanical models involving d = 2 copies of the Lie algebra of G. t - p If the dimension g = dimG of G is odd, we will show that the Hodge ∗ operator, in a e simple, direct way, gives rise to a unitary equivalence of the Hamiltonian restricted to h : the bosonic and fermionic sector. This trivially implies the vanishing of the Witten-index v i (see [1-7] for work on the subject). X Let us first describe the Hilbert space. The configuration space of the bosonic degrees r 2g a of freedom is X = R , with coordinates (qsA )s=1,2, A=1,... ,g . To describe the fermionic degrees of freedom one considers the Clifford algebra with hermitian generators (ΘαA )α=1,2, A=1,... ,g and commutation relations {ΘαA , ΘβB } = δαβ δA