Supersymmetric quantum mechanics on n-dimensional manifolds

Abstract

In this thesis I investigate the properties of the supersymmetric path integral on Riemannian manifolds. Chapter 1 is a brief introduction to supersymmetric quantum mechanics. In Chapter 2 I show that the supersymmetric path integral can be defined as the continuum limit of a discrete supersymmetric path integral. In Chapter 3 I show that point canonical transformations in the path integral for ordinary quantum mechanics can be performed naively provided one uses the supersymmetric path integral. Chapter 4 generalizes the results of chapter 3 to include the propagation of all the fermion sectors in supersymmetric quantum mechanics. In Chapter 5 I show how the properties of supersymmetric quantum mechanics can be used to investigate topological quantum mechanics.