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Supersymmetric Quantum Fields and Infinite Dimensional Analysis

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Supersymmetric quantum fields are interesting from the point of view both of physics and of mathematics. Their interest for physics (see, e g. [35]) stems primarily from the fact that they may provide a natural framework for a unified theory of elementary interactions. In particular, recent developments in superstring theory [15] suggest that such a theory has the potential to unify gravitational forces with the strong, weak and electromagnetic forces.

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  2. Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

    A. Jaffe

  3. University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Federal Republic of Germany

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  4. University of Paris VI, Paris, France

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Jaffe, A., Lesniewski, A. (1988). Supersymmetric Quantum Fields and Infinite Dimensional Analysis. In: ’t Hooft, G., Jaffe, A., Mack, G., Mitter, P.K., Stora, R. (eds) Nonperturbative Quantum Field Theory. Nato Science Series B:, vol 185. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0729-7_9

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