Published May 21, 2009
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Journal article
Conformal orthosymplectic quantum mechanics
Creators
- 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/10.1088/0264-9381/26/10/105017Additional 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