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Supersymmetric gauge theories are characterized by the existence of a transformation of the bosonic fields (Nicolai map) such that the Jacobi determinant of the transformation equals the product of the Matthews-Salam-Seiler and Faddeev-Popov determinants. This transformation had been worked out to second order in the coupling constant. In this paper, we extend this result (and the framework itself ) to third order in the coupling constant. A diagrammatic approach in terms of tree diagrams, aiming to extend this map to arbitrary orders, is outlined. This formalism bypasses entirely the use of anti-commuting variables, as well as issues concerning the (non-)existence of off-shell formulations for these theories. It thus offers a fresh perspective on supersymmetric gauge theories and, in particular, the ubiquitous \( \mathcal{N} \) = 4 theory.
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Ananth, S., Lechtenfeld, O., Malcha, H. et al. Perturbative linearization of supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory. J. High Energ. Phys. 2020, 199 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP10(2020)199
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