On the Implementation of Supersymmetry

Detlev Buchholz
December 20, 1998
The implementation of supersymmetry transformations by Hilbert space operators is discussed in the framework of supersymmetric C$^*$--dynamical systems. It is shown that the only states admitting such an implementation are pure supersymmetric ground states or mixtures and elementary excitations thereof. Faithful states, such as KMS--states, are never supersymmetric.
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Keywords: 
supersymmetry, thermal states