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Title: N = 4 superextension of the Liouville equation with quaternion structure

Journal Article · · Theor. Math. Phys.; (United States)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01017904· OSTI ID:7103963

The authors construct an N = 4 supersymmetric extension of the Liouville equation. It has internal SU(2) x SU(2) gauge symmetry and can be adequately formulated in terms of a real quaternion N = 4 superfield on which definite conditions of Grassmann analyticity are imposed. Both the dynamic equations as well as the analyticity conditions follow from the zero-curvature representation on the superalgebra SU(1,1/2). It is shown that the obtained system is invariant with respect to transformations of the infinitedimensional superalgebra of the SU(2) superstring, the realization of these transformations differing from those previously known. The possible connection between the N = 4 Liouville equation and the theory of the SU(2) superstring is discussed.

Research Organization:
Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna
OSTI ID:
7103963
Journal Information:
Theor. Math. Phys.; (United States), Vol. 63:2
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English