Published October 7, 2008
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Journal article
Octonions and supersymmetry in three dimensions
Creators
- 1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, California State University, 1250 Bellflower Boulevard Long Beach, CA 90840 (United States)
Description
We present two N = 1 locally supersymmetric σ-models in 3D with the seven- and eight-dimensional target spaces with the reduced G2 and Spin(7) holonomies instead of the maximal SO(7) and SO(8), respectively. It turns out that particular Wess-Zumino-Novikov-Witten-like terms are possible with the octonion structure constant for these σ-models. As a by-product, we show that a new N = 7 vector multiplet also exists in 3D with non-trivial interactions with the octonion structure constant. A non-trivial solution for the interacting vectorial field is also given
Availability note (English)
Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0264-9381/25/19/195003Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1088/0264-9381/25/19/195003;
- PII
- S0264-9381(08)68551-2;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Classical and Quantum Gravity
- Journal Volume
- 25
- Journal Issue
- 19
- Journal Page Range
- [14 p.]
- ISSN
- 0264-9381
- CODEN
- CQGRDG
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United Kingdom
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 40065508
- Subject category
- S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
- Descriptors DEI
- MANY-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS; MATHEMATICAL SOLUTIONS; MATHEMATICAL SPACE; SIGMA MODEL; SO-8 GROUPS; SPIN; SUPERSYMMETRY
- Descriptors DEC
- ANGULAR MOMENTUM; BOSON-EXCHANGE MODELS; LIE GROUPS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICLE MODELS; PARTICLE PROPERTIES; PERIPHERAL MODELS; SO GROUPS; SPACE; SYMMETRY; SYMMETRY GROUPS