37 research outputs found
Constrained generalized supersymmetries and superparticles with tensorial central charges. A classification
We classify the admissible types of constraint (hermitian, holomorphic, with
reality conditions on the bosonic sectors, etc.) for generalized
supersymmetries in the presence of complex spinors. We further point out which
constrained generalized supersymmetries admit a dual formulation. For both real
and complex spinors generalized supersymmetries are constructed and classified
as dimensional reductions of supersymmetries from {\em oxidized} space-times
(i.e. the maximal space-times associated to -component Clifford irreps). We
apply these results to sistematically construct a class of models describing
superparticles in presence of bosonic tensorial central charges, deriving the
consistency conditions for the existence of the action, as well as the
constrained equations of motion. Examples of these models (which, in their
twistorial formulation, describe towers of higher-spin particles) were first
introduced by Rudychev and Sezgin (for real spinors) and later by Bandos and
Lukierski (for complex spinors).Comment: 32 pages, LaTe
Hermitian versus holomorphic complex and quaternionic generalized supersymmetries of the M-theory. A classification
Relying upon the division-algebra classification of Clifford algebras and
spinors, a classification of generalized supersymmetries (or, with a slight
abuse of language,"generalized supertranslations") is provided. In each given
space-time the maximal, saturated, generalized supersymmetry, compatible with
the division-algebra constraint that can be consistently imposed on spinors and
on superalgebra generators, is furnished. Constraining the superalgebra
generators in both the complex and the quaternionic cases gives rise to the two
classes of constrained hermitian and holomorphic generalized supersymmetries.
In the complex case these two classes of generalized supersymmetries can be
regarded as complementary. The quaternionic holomorphic supersymmetry only
exists in certain space-time dimensions and can admit at most a single bosonic
scalar central charge.
The results here presented pave the way for a better understanding of the
various algebra-type of structures which can be introduced in different
space-time signatures and in association with different division algebras, as
well as their mutual relations. In a previous work, e.g., the introduction of a
complex holomorphic generalized supersymmetry was shown to be necessary in
order to perform the analytic continuation of the standard -theory to the
11-dimensional Euclidean space. As an application of the present results, it is
shown that the above algebra also admits a 12-dimensional, Euclidean,
-algebra presentation.Comment: 25 pages, LaTe
Topological transversals to a family of convex sets
Let be a family of compact convex sets in . We say
that has a \emph{topological -transversal of index }
(, ) if there are, homologically, as many transversal
-planes to as -planes containing a fixed -plane in
.
Clearly, if has a -transversal plane, then
has a topological -transversal of index for and . The converse is not true in general.
We prove that for a family of compact convex sets in
a topological -transversal of index implies an
ordinary -transversal. We use this result, together with the
multiplication formulas for Schubert cocycles, the Lusternik-Schnirelmann
category of the Grassmannian, and different versions of the colorful Helly
theorem by B\'ar\'any and Lov\'asz, to obtain some geometric consequences
Classification of irreps and invariants of the N-extended Supersymmetric Quantum Mechanics
We present an algorithmic classification of the irreps of the -extended
one-dimensional supersymmetry algebra linearly realized on a finite number of
fields. Our work is based on the 1-to-1 \cite{pt} correspondence between
Weyl-type Clifford algebras (whose irreps are fully classified) and classes of
irreps of the -extended 1D supersymmetry. The complete classification of
irreps is presented up to . The fields of an irrep are accommodated
in different spin states. N=10 is the minimal value admitting length
irreps. The classification of length-4 irreps of the N=12 and {\em real} N=11
extended supersymmetries is also explicitly presented.\par Tensoring irreps
allows us to systematically construct manifestly (-extended) supersymmetric
multi-linear invariants {\em without} introducing a superspace formalism.
Multi-linear invariants can be constructed both for {\em unconstrained} and
{\em multi-linearly constrained} fields. A whole class of off-shell invariant
actions are produced in association with each irreducible representation. The
explicit example of the N=8 off-shell action of the multiplet is
presented.\par Tensoring zero-energy irreps leads us to the notion of the {\em
fusion algebra} of the 1D -extended supersymmetric vacua.Comment: Final version to appear in JHEP. 52 pages. The part with the complete
classification of irreps (and the explicit presentation of length-4 irreps of
N=9,10,11,12 and N=10 length-5 irreps) is unchanged. An extra section has
been added with an entire class of off-shell invariant actions for arbitrary
values N of the 1D extended supersymmetry. A non-trivial N=8 off-shell action
for the (1,8,7) multiplet has been constructed as an example. It is obtained
in terms of the octonionic structure constant
Fundamental representations and algebraic properties of biquaternions or complexified quaternions
The fundamental properties of biquaternions (complexified quaternions) are
presented including several different representations, some of them new, and
definitions of fundamental operations such as the scalar and vector parts,
conjugates, semi-norms, polar forms, and inner and outer products. The notation
is consistent throughout, even between representations, providing a clear
account of the many ways in which the component parts of a biquaternion may be
manipulated algebraically
Codimension-Three Bundle Singularities in F-Theory
We study new nonperturbative phenomena in N=1 heterotic string vacua
corresponding to pointlike bundle singularities in codimension three. These
degenerations result in new four-dimensional infrared physics characterized by
light solitonic states whose origin is explained in the dual F-theory model. We
also show that such phenomena appear generically in Higgsing and
describe in detail the corresponding bundle transition.Comment: 24 pages, 1 figure, uses xypic; a reference adde
A spinor approach to Walker geometry
A four-dimensional Walker geometry is a four-dimensional manifold M with a
neutral metric g and a parallel distribution of totally null two-planes. This
distribution has a natural characterization as a projective spinor field
subject to a certain constraint. Spinors therefore provide a natural tool for
studying Walker geometry, which we exploit to draw together several themes in
recent explicit studies of Walker geometry and in other work of Dunajski (2002)
and Plebanski (1975) in which Walker geometry is implicit. In addition to
studying local Walker geometry, we address a global question raised by the use
of spinors.Comment: 41 pages. Typos which persisted into published version corrected,
notably at (2.15
The Seven-sphere and its Kac-Moody Algebra
We investigate the seven-sphere as a group-like manifold and its extension to
a Kac-Moody-like algebra. Covariance properties and tensorial composition of
spinors under are defined. The relation to Malcev algebras is
established. The consequences for octonionic projective spaces are examined.
Current algebras are formulated and their anomalies are derived, and shown to
be unique (even regarding numerical coefficients) up to redefinitions of the
currents. Nilpotency of the BRST operator is consistent with one particular
expression in the class of (field-dependent) anomalies. A Sugawara construction
is given.Comment: 22 pages. Macropackages used: phyzzx, epsf. Three epsf figure files
appende
Higher spin quaternion waves in the Klein-Gordon theory
Electromagnetic interactions are discussed in the context of the Klein-Gordon
fermion equation. The Mott scattering amplitude is derived in leading order
perturbation theory and the result of the Dirac theory is reproduced except for
an overall factor of sixteen. The discrepancy is not resolved as the study
points into another direction. The vertex structures involved in the scattering
calculations indicate the relevance of a modified Klein-Gordon equation, which
takes into account the number of polarization states of the considered quantum
field. In this equation the d'Alembertian is acting on quaternion-like plane
waves, which can be generalized to representations of arbitrary spin. The
method provides the same relation between mass and spin that has been found
previously by Majorana, Gelfand, and Yaglom in infinite spin theories