Scalar superfield transformation ($\delta S=(ϵQ+\overline{ϵ}\bar{Q})S$)

With left Grassmann derivatives, let $Q_{\alpha }={\partial }_{\alpha }-i{\sigma }_{\alpha \dot{\beta }}^{\mu }{\bar{\theta }}^{\dot{\beta }}{\partial }_{\mu }$ and ${\bar{Q}}_{\dot{\alpha }}={\bar{\partial }}_{\dot{\alpha }}-i{\theta }^{\beta }{\sigma }_{\beta \dot{\alpha }}^{\mu }{\partial }_{\mu }$. Left-placed odd parameters generate $\delta \theta =ϵ$, $\delta \bar{\theta }=\overline{ϵ}$ and $\delta x^{\mu }=i\theta {\sigma }^{\mu }\overline{ϵ}-iϵ{\sigma }^{\mu }\bar{\theta }$. A scalar superfield transforms by pullback under this superspace translation. The parameter-weighted variation is an even derivation, although each supercharge is odd.

A function $S(x,\theta ,\bar{\theta })=\varphi (x)$ is an allowed special configuration of an unconstrained superfield. The subspace where all other components remain zero is not invariant: $\delta S=(i\theta {\sigma }^{\mu }\overline{ϵ}-iϵ{\sigma }^{\mu }\bar{\theta }){\partial }_{\mu }\varphi$ produces components depending on Grassmann variables whenever $\varphi$ is nonconstant. Thus an isolated spacetime scalar field is not closed under supersymmetry. A constant gauge-singlet value is a trivial invariant exception.

A product of scalar superfields is a scalar superfield: the pullback of a product is the product of the pullbacks at the same transformed superspace point. Infinitesimally, the even supersymmetry variation obeys $\delta (ST)=(\delta S)T+S(\delta T)$. This follows from the graded Leibniz rule for the odd supercharges, after including their odd parameters.