Supersymmetric Dissipative Quantum Mechanics from Superstrings
arXiv:hep-th/0405276 · doi:10.1088/1126-6708/2004/07/002
Abstract
Following the approach of Callan and Thorlacius applied to the superstring, we derive a supersymmetric extension of the non-local dissipative action of Caldeira and Leggett. The dissipative term turns out to be invariant under a group of superconformal transformations. When added to the usual kinetic term, it provides an example of supersymmetric dissipative quantum mechanics. As a by-product of our analysis, an intriguing connection to the homeotic/hybrid fermion model, proposed for CPT violation in neutrinos, appears.
Latex, 16 pages