SUSY vertex algebras and supercurves

This article is a continuation of math.QA/0603633 Given a strongly conformal SUSY vertex algebra V and a supercurve X we construct a vector bundle V_X on X, the fiber of which, is isomorphic to V. Moreover, the state-field correspondence of V canonically gives rise to (local) sections of these vector bundles. We also define chiral algebras on any supercurve X, and show that the vector bundle V_X, corresponding to a SUSY vertex algebra, carries the structure of a chiral algebra.Comment: 50 page

Minkowski superspaces and superstrings as almost real-complex supermanifolds

In 1996/7, J. Bernstein observed that smooth or analytic supermanifolds that mathematicians study are real or (almost) complex ones, while Minkowski superspaces are completely different objects. They are what we call almost real-complex supermanifolds, i.e., real supermanifolds with a non-integrable distribution, the collection of subspaces of the tangent space, and in every subspace a complex structure is given. An almost complex structure on a real supermanifold can be given by an even or odd operator; it is complex (without "always") if the suitable superization of the Nijenhuis tensor vanishes. On almost real-complex supermanifolds, we define the circumcised analog of the Nijenhuis tensor. We compute it for the Minkowski superspaces and superstrings. The space of values of the circumcised Nijenhuis tensor splits into (indecomposable, generally) components whose irreducible constituents are similar to those of Riemann or Penrose tensors. The Nijenhuis tensor vanishes identically only on superstrings of superdimension 1|1 and, besides, the superstring is endowed with a contact structure. We also prove that all real forms of complex Grassmann algebras are isomorphic although singled out by manifestly different anti-involutions.Comment: Exposition of the same results as in v.1 is more lucid. Reference to related recent work by Witten is adde

Variational Lie algebroids and homological evolutionary vector fields

We define Lie algebroids over infinite jet spaces and establish their equivalent representation through homological evolutionary vector fields.Comment: Int. Workshop "Nonlinear Physics: Theory and Experiment VI" (Gallipoli, Italy; June-July 2010). Published v3 = v2 minus typos, to appear in: Theoret. and Mathem. Phys. (2011) Vol.167:3 (168:1), 18 page

Gepner-like models and Landau-Ginzburg/sigma-model correspondence

The Gepner-like models of $k^{K}$-type is considered. When $k+2$ is multiple of $K$ the elliptic genus and the Euler characteristic is calculated. Using free-field representation we relate these models with $\sigma$-models on hypersurfaces in the total space of anticanonical bundle over the projective space $\mathbb{P}^{K-1}$

Homological evolutionary vector fields in Korteweg-de Vries, Liouville, Maxwell, and several other models

We review the construction of homological evolutionary vector fields on infinite jet spaces and partial differential equations. We describe the applications of this concept in three tightly inter-related domains: the variational Poisson formalism (e.g., for equations of Korteweg-de Vries type), geometry of Liouville-type hyperbolic systems (including the 2D Toda chains), and Euler-Lagrange gauge theories (such as the Yang-Mills theories, gravity, or the Poisson sigma-models). Also, we formulate several open problems.Comment: Proc. 7th International Workshop "Quantum Theory and Symmetries-7" (August 7-13, 2011; CVUT Prague, Czech Republic), 20 page