ON SUPERGROUPS WITH ODD CLIFFORD PARAMETERS AND SUPERSYMMETRY WITH MODIFIED LEIBNIZ RULE

Abstract

We investigate supergroups with Grassmann parameters replaced by odd Clifford parameters. The connection with nonanticommutative supersymmetry is discussed. A Berezin-like calculus for odd Clifford variables is introduced. Fermionic covariant derivatives for supergroups with odd Clifford variables are derived. Applications to supersymmetric quantum mechanics are made. Deformations of the original supersymmetric theories are encountered when the fermionic covariant derivatives do not obey the graded Leibniz property. The simplest nontrivial example is given by the N = 2 supersymmetric quantum mechanics with a real (1, 2, 1) multiplet and a cubic potential. The action is real. Depending on the overall sign ("Euclidean" or "Lorentzian") of the deformation, a Bender–Boettcher pseudo-Hermitian Hamiltonian is encountered when solving the equations of motions of the auxiliary field. A possible connection of our framework with the Drinfeld twist deformation of supersymmetry is pointed out.