27 research outputs found
Data management study. Appendix P - Contractor data requirements related project interfaces /RP/ Final report
Technical, administrative, and managerial data documentation by contractors on interfaces between Voyager project and related space program
Conformal Maxwell theory as a singleton field theory on AdS_5, IIB three-branes and duality
We examine the boundary conditions associated with extended supersymmetric
Maxwell theory in 5-dimensional anti-De Sitter space. Excitations on the
boundary are identical to those of ordinary 4-dimensional conformal invariant
super electrodynammics. Extrapolations of these excitations give rise to a
5-dimensional topological gauge theory of the singleton type. The possibility
of a connection of this phenomenon to the world volume theory of 3-branes in
IIB string theory is discussed.Comment: 19 pages, TeX, no figures; v2: misprints corrected, references added,
discussion on Chern-Simons couplings revised. v3: References added, misprints
corrected and a discussion in section 2 revised. v4: Typos corrected and
reference adde
Extensions, expansions, Lie algebra cohomology and enlarged superspaces
After briefly reviewing the methods that allow us to derive consistently new
Lie (super)algebras from given ones, we consider enlarged superspaces and
superalgebras, their relevance and some possible applications.Comment: 9 pages. Invited talk delivered at the EU RTN Workshop, Copenhagen,
Sep. 15-19 and at the Argonne Workshop on Branes and Generalized Dynamics,
Oct. 20-24, 2003. Only change: wrong number of a reference correcte
Superconformal field theories from IIB spectroscopy on
We report on tests of the AdS/CFT correspondence that are made possible by
complete knowledge of the Kaluza-Klein mass spectrum of type IIB supergravity
on with T^{11}=SU(2)^2/U(1). After briefly discussing
general multiplet shortening conditions in SU(2,2|1) and PSU(2,2|4), we compare
various types of short SU(2,2|1) supermultiplets on AdS_5 and different
families of boundary operators with protected dimensions. The supergravity
analysis predicts the occurrence in the SCFT at leading order in N and g_s N,
of extra towers of long multiplets whose dimensions are rational but not
protected by supersymmetry.Comment: 11 pages, To appear in the proceedings of the STRINGS '99 conference,
Potsdam (Germany), 19-25 July 199
Electron-electron Bound States in Parity-Preserving QED3
By considering the Higgs mechanism in the framework of a parity-preserving
Planar Quantum Electrodynamics, one shows that an attractive electron-electron
interaction may come out. The e-e interaction potential emerges as the
non-relativistic limit of the Moller scattering amplitude and it may result
attractive with a suitable choice of parameters. Numerical values of the e-e
binding energy are obtained by solving the two-dimensional Schrodinger
equation. The existence of bound states is to be viewed as an indicative that
this model may be adopted to address the pairing mechanism in some systems
endowed with parity-preservation.Comment: 6 pages, 1 table, style revte
Anyon in External Electromagnetic Field: Hamiltonian and Lagrangian Formulations
We propose a simple model for a free relativistic particle of fractional spin
in 2+1 dimensions which satisfies all the necessary conditions. The canonical
quantization of the system leads to the description of one- particle states of
the Poincare group with arbitrary spin. Using the Hamil- tonian formulation
with the set of constraints, we introduce the electro- magnetic interaction of
a charged anyon and obtain the Lagrangian. The Casimir operator of the extended
algebra, which is the first-class constraint, is obtained and gives the
equation of motion of the anyon. In particular, from the latter it follows that
the gyromagnetic ratio for a charged anyon is two due to the parallelness of
spin and momentum of the particle in 2+1 dimensions. The canonical quantization
is also considered in this case.Comment: 9 pages, Latex, HU-SEFT R 1993-1
Expansions of algebras and superalgebras and some applications
After reviewing the three well-known methods to obtain Lie algebras and
superalgebras from given ones, namely, contractions, deformations and
extensions, we describe a fourth method recently introduced, the expansion of
Lie (super)algebras. Expanded (super)algebras have, in general, larger
dimensions than the original algebra, but also include the Inonu-Wigner and
generalized IW contractions as a particular case. As an example of a physical
application of expansions, we discuss the relation between the possible
underlying gauge symmetry of eleven-dimensional supergravity and the
superalgebra osp(1|32).Comment: Invited lecture delivered at the 'Deformations and Contractions in
Mathematics and Physics Workshop', 15-21 January 2006, Mathematisches
Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach, German
Superconformal symmetry and maximal supergravity in various dimensions
In this paper we explore the relation between conformal superalgebras with 64
supercharges and maximal supergravity theories in three, four and six
dimensions using twistorial oscillator techniques. The massless fields of N=8
supergravity in four dimensions were shown to fit into a CPT-self-conjugate
doubleton supermultiplet of the conformal superalgebra SU(2,2|8) a long time
ago. We show that the fields of maximal supergravity in three dimensions can
similarly be fitted into the super singleton multiplet of the conformal
superalgebra OSp(16|4,R), which is related to the doubleton supermultiplet of
SU(2,2|8) by dimensional reduction. Moreover, we construct the ultra-short
supermultiplet of the six-dimensional conformal superalgebra OSp(8*|8) and show
that its component fields can be organized in an on-shell superfield. The
ultra-short OSp(8*|8) multiplet reduces to the doubleton supermultiplet of
SU(2,2|8) upon dimensional reduction. We discuss the possibility of a chiral
maximal (4,0) six-dimensional supergravity theory with USp(8) R-symmetry that
reduces to maximal supergravity in four dimensions and is different from
six-dimensional (2,2) maximal supergravity, whose fields cannot be fitted into
a unitary supermultiplet of a simple conformal superalgebra. Such an
interacting theory would be the gravitational analog of the (2,0) theory.Comment: 54 pages, PDFLaTeX, Section 5 and several references added. Version
accepted for publication in JHE
Remarks on Dirac-like Monopole, Maxwell and Maxwell-Chern-Simons Electrodynamics in D=(2+1)
Classical Maxwell and Maxwell-Chern-Simons (MCS) Electrodynamics in (2+1)D
are studied in some details. General expressions for the potential and fields
are obtained for both models, and some particular cases are explicitly solved.
Conceptual and technical difficulties arise, however, for accelerated charges.
The propagation of electromagnetic signals is also studied and their
reverberation is worked out and discussed. Furthermore, we show that a
Dirac-like monopole yields a (static) tangential electric field. We also
discuss some classical and quantum consequences of the field created by such a
monopole when acting upon an usual electric charge. In particular, we show that
at large distances, the dynamics of one single charged particle under the
action of such a potential and a constant (external) magnetic field as well,
reduces to that of one central harmonic oscillator, presenting, however, an
interesting angular sector which admits energy-eigenvalues. Among other
peculiarities, both sectors, the radial and the angular one, present
non-vanishing energy-eigenvalues for their lowest level. Moreover, those
associated to the angle are shown to respond to discrete shifts of such a
variable. We also raise the question whether the formation of bound states is
possible in the system.Comment: 17 pages, 2 figures. To appear in Phys. Rev.