nLab superfield

Idea

In physics one says “superfield” when referring to a field (physics) in the context of supersymmetric field theory.

Technically, given a supermanifold $X$ (“superspace”), then the superspace of superfields is the internal hom $\underline{Hom}(X,\mathbb{R})$ or $\underline{Hom}(X,\mathbb{C})$ of real or complex valued functions on $X$.

See at geometry of physics – supergeometry this example.

Related concepts

• Wess-Zumino gauge

• superpotential?

References

The concept was introduced in physics (together with “superspace”) in:

• Abdus Salam J.A. Strathdee, Supergauge Transformations, Nucl.Phys. B76 (1974) 477-482 (spire)

• Abdus Salam J.A. Strathdee, Physical Review D11, 1521-1535 (1975)