Published July 25, 1991 | Version v1
Journal article

Polyakov construction of the N=2 super-W3 algebra

  • 1. Center for Theoretical Physics, Texas A and M Univ., College Station, TX (United States)
  • 2. Dept. of Physics, Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA (United States)

Description

Using Polyakov's 'soldering' procedure, applied to the supergroup SL(nvertical stroken-1), we show how one may obtain an N = 2 supersymmetrisation of the Wn extended conformal algebras, at the classical level. These algebras differ from previously-constructed superextensions in that there are no restrictions on the value of the central charge. The generators comprise one with conformal spin 1, one with conformal spin n, and two for each integer and half-integer spin between 3/2 and n-1/2 inclusively. We give the explicit results for the n = 3 case. These N = 2 superalgebras can be 'twisted', and we give explicit results for n = 3. (orig.)

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physics Letters, (Section) B
Journal Volume
264
Journal Issue
1/2
Series
Phys. Lett., B.
Journal Page Range
91-100
ISSN
0370-2693
CODEN
PYLBA

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
Netherlands
INIS RN
23019968
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Descriptors DEI
ALGEBRA; CONFORMAL GROUPS; SL GROUPS; SPIN; SUPERSYMMETRY
Descriptors DEC
ANGULAR MOMENTUM; LIE GROUPS; MATHEMATICS; PARTICLE PROPERTIES; SYMMETRY; SYMMETRY GROUPS

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Contract/Grant/Project number
Grant DE-AS05-81ER40039; DE-FG03-84ER40168