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Gauge invariance of the adjoint cubic superpotential
Pure matrix algebra over the even chiral coefficient ring with a specified conjugation action and trace form; no physical premise is used.
Statement
Let be the commutative ring of even smooth chiral superfields on the specified flat superspace, with the supercommutative complex coefficient algebra of the superspace definition. Let be traceless matrices over . Use and the complex-bilinear trace form , where . Suppose a supplied invertible even chiral matrix acts simultaneously by . Then the even chiral cubic polynomial and every constant multiple are invariant. This includes the substitution whenever the given even chiral parameter defines that invertible chiral matrix. The trace form restricts to the real form on the explicitly defined real Lie algebra of anti-Hermitian traceless complex matrices. No physical model, gauge measure or extended-supersymmetry premise is used.
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Facts & Assumptions
Given: The even chiral matrices, inverse and simultaneous conjugation action in the Lemma, together with the displayed definitions of bracket and trace form.
Four-dimensional chiral superfield on flat superspace: even smooth chiral superfields obey on the classical coefficient-function domain.
Four-dimensional superspace Grassmann algebra and Berezin integration: the coefficients are supercommutative and the odd derivatives obey the graded Leibniz rule; even coefficients commute without signs.
Proof
Products and sums of even chiral entries remain even and chiral by [F1] and the Leibniz rule in [F2]. Differentiating and using gives . Thus the substitutions and all polynomial products are defined in the commutative even chiral ring. For matrices over that ring, index expansion gives . In particular , so tracelessness is preserved.
Associativity and inverse cancellation give . Hence the transformed cubic is by step 1.1. Every constant multiple is likewise invariant. Restricting the same formula to anti-Hermitian traceless ordinary complex matrices gives exactly the stated real trace form; no physical supplier is needed for this restriction.