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The auxiliary field/ultraviolet finiteness connection

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Gauge Theory and Gravitation

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Physics ((LNP,volume 176))

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The status of the auxiliary field program for supersymmetric field theories is reviewed, with emphasis on the implications for improved ultraviolet behaviour, and conversely on the implications of ultraviolet behaviour for auxiliary fields.

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Townsend, P.K. (1983). The auxiliary field/ultraviolet finiteness connection. In: Kikkawa, K., Nakanishi, N., Nariai, H. (eds) Gauge Theory and Gravitation. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 176. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-11994-9_36

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