Dynamical supersymmetry in maximally supersymmetric gauge theories Original Research Article

Maximally supersymmetric theories can be described by a single scalar superfield in light-cone superspace. When they are also (super)conformally invariant, they are uniquely specified by the form of the dynamical supersymmetry. We present an explicit derivation of the light-cone superspace form of the dynamical supersymmetry in the cases of ten- and four-dimensional super-Yang–Mills, and the three-dimensional Bagger–Lambert–Gustavsson theory, starting from the covariant formulation of these theories.