On the effective superpotential in the generic higher-derivative superfield supersymmetric three-dimensional gauge theory

TL;DR

This paper develops a generic three-dimensional superfield higher-derivative gauge theory framework, reducing to known models in special cases, and explicitly computes the one-loop effective potential to analyze quantum effects.

Contribution

It introduces a unified formulation of higher-derivative superfield gauge theories in three dimensions and provides explicit one-loop effective potential calculations.

Findings

Explicit form of the one-loop effective potential

Reduction to scalar super-QED and Maxwell-Chern-Simons models

Insights into quantum corrections in higher-derivative supersymmetric theories

Abstract

We formulate a generic three-dimensional superfield higher-derivative gauge theory coupled to the matter, which, in certain cases reduces to the three-dimensional scalar super-QED, or supersymmetric Maxwell-Chern-Simons or Chern-Simons theories with matter. For this theory, we explicitly calculate the one-loop effective potential.