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Higher covariant derivative regularization for calculations in supersymmetric theories

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A variant of the higher covariant derivative regularization is used for calculation of a two-loop β-function for the general renormalizable N = 1 supersymmetric theory. It is shown that the β-function is given by integrals of total derivatives. Partially this can be explained by substituting solutions of Slavnov-Taylor identities into the Schwinger-Dyson equations.

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Published in Russian in Trudy Matematicheskogo Instituta imeni V.A. Steklova, 2011, Vol. 272, pp. 266–276.

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Stepanyantz, K.V. Higher covariant derivative regularization for calculations in supersymmetric theories. Proc. Steklov Inst. Math. 272, 256–265 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1134/S008154381101024X

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