Nilpotent Charges of a Toy Model of Hodge Theory and an ${\cal N}$ = $2$ SUSY Quantum Mechanical Model: (Anti-)Chiral Supervariable Approach

Abstract

We derive the nilpotent (anti-)BRST and (anti-)co-BRST symmetry transformations for the system of a toy model of Hodge theory (i.e. a rigid rotor) by exploiting the (anti-)BRST and (anti-)co-BRST invariant restrictions on the (anti-)chiral supervariables that are defined on the appropriately chosen (1, 1)-dimensional super-submanifolds of the {\it general} (1, 2)-dimensional supermanifold on which our system of a one (0 + 1)-dimensional (1D) toy model of Hodge theory is considered within the framework of the augmented version of the (anti-)chiral supervariable approach (ACSA) to Becchi-Rouet-Stora-Tyutin (BRST) formalism. The general (1, 2)-dimensional supermanifold is parameterized by the superspace coordinates ($t, θ, \barθ$) where $t$ is the bosonic evolution parameter and ($θ, \barθ$) are the Grassmannian variables which obey the standard fermionic relationships: $ θ^2 = {\barθ}^2 = 0, θ\,{\barθ} + {\barθ}\,θ = 0 $. We provide the geometrical interpretations for the symmetry invariance and nilpotency property. Furthermore, in our present endeavor, we establish the property of absolute anticommutativity of the conserved fermionic charges which is a completely {\it novel} and surprising observation in our present endeavor where we have considered {\it only} the (anti-)chiral supervariables. To corroborate the {\it novelty} of the above observation, we apply this ACSA to an ${\cal N} = 2$ SUSY quantum mechanical (QM) system of a free particle and show that the ${\cal N} = 2$ SUSY conserved and nilpotent charges do {\it not} absolutely anticommute.