The Background Field Method for N = 2, d3 Super Chern-Simons-Matter Theories

TL;DR

This paper develops a superfield background field method to compute the one-loop effective action in N=2, d3 supersymmetric Chern-Simons-matter theories, providing new computational techniques and results.

Contribution

It introduces a superfield background field approach and calculates the one-loop effective action to order F^4 in non-Abelian N=2 supersymmetric Chern-Simons-matter theories.

Findings

Computed the one-loop effective action to order F^4

Developed superfield heat kernel techniques for these theories

Provided insights into low-energy dynamics of supersymmetric Chern-Simons systems

Abstract

We develop the superfield background field method and study the effective action in the N=2, d3 supersymmetric Chern-Simons-matter systems. The one-loop low-energy effective action for non-Abelian supersymmetric Chern-Simons theory is computed to order $F^4$ by use of N = 2 superfield heat kernel techniques.