Bosonized supersymmetry from the Majorana-Dirac-Staunton theory and massive higher-spin fields
- Laboratoire de Mathematiques et de Physique Theorique, Universite de Tours, Parc de Grandmont, F-37200 Tours (France)
- Departamento de Fisica, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Casilla 307, Santiago 2 (Chile)
We propose a (3+1)D linear set of covariant vector equations, which unify the spin-0 'new Dirac equation' with its spin-1/2 counterpart, proposed by Staunton. Our equations describe a spin-(0,1/2) supermultiplet with different numbers of degrees of freedom in the bosonic and fermionic sectors. The translation-invariant spin degrees of freedom are carried by two copies of the Heisenberg algebra. This allows us to realize space-time supersymmetry in a bosonized form. The grading structure is provided by an internal reflection operator. Then the construction is generalized by means of the Majorana equation to a supersymmetric theory of massive higher-spin particles. The resulting theory is characterized by a nonlinear symmetry superalgebra, that, in the large-spin limit, reduces to the super-Poincare algebra with or without tensorial central charge.
- OSTI ID:
- 21038956
- Journal Information:
- Physical Review. D, Particles Fields, Vol. 77, Issue 2; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.77.025017; (c) 2008 The American Physical Society; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0556-2821
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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