Construction of a Massive ABJM Theory Without Higgs Superfields

Abstract

A massive Aharony-Bergman-Jafferis-Maldacena (ABJM) model in $\mathcal{N}=1$ superspace is analysed by considering a Proca type mass term into the most general Faddeev-Popov action in a covariant gauge. The presence of mass term breaks the original BRST and anti-BRST invariance of the model. Further, the symmetry of the massive ABJM model is restored by extending the BRST and anti-BRST transformations. We show that the supergauge dependence of generating functional for connected diagrams occurs in presence of mass and ghost-anti-ghost condensates in the theory.

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