Published May 21, 2009 | Version v1
Journal article

Conformal orthosymplectic quantum mechanics

  • 1. Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720 (United States)
  • 2. Department of Mathematics, University of California, Davis, CA 95616 (United States)

Description

We present the most general curvature obstruction to the deformed parabolic orthosymplectic symmetry subalgebra of the supersymmetric quantum mechanical models recently developed to describe Lichnerowicz wave operators acting on arbitrary tensors and spinors. For geometries possessing a hypersurface-orthogonal homothetic conformal Killing vector we show that the parabolic subalgebra is enhanced to a (curvature-obstructed) orthosymplectic algebra. The new symmetries correspond to time-dependent conformal symmetries of the underlying particle model. We also comment on generalizations germane to three dimensions and new Chern-Simons-like particle models.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0264-9381/26/10/105017

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1088/0264-9381/26/10/105017;
PII
S0264-9381(09)04704-2;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Classical and Quantum Gravity
Journal Volume
26
Journal Issue
10
Journal Page Range
[17 p.]
ISSN
0264-9381
CODEN
CQGRDG

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
41100427
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Descriptors DEI
ALGEBRA; CONFORMAL INVARIANCE; GEOMETRY; PARTICLE MODELS; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SPINORS; SUPERSYMMETRY; TIME DEPENDENCE; VECTORS
Descriptors DEC
INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICS; MECHANICS; SYMMETRY; TENSORS