Universal supersymmetry by adding 4 + 4 dimensions to the light cone

Journal Article · Sun Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1989 · International Journal of Modern Physics A; (USA)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1142/S0217751X8900073X· OSTI ID:5506857

Siegel, W ^[1]

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1. Maryland Univ., College Park, MD (USA). Dept. of Physics and Astronomy

The authors extend the previous method for deriving manifestly Lorentz and gauge covariant free field theories from the light cone for arbitrary Poincare representations to arbitrary supersymmetry representations. In the former case the action was expressed in terms of a BRST algebra obtained by adding two commuting and two anticommuting dimensions; in the present case they add 4 + 4 to obtain the BRST and covariant supersymmetry generators, and they propose an action. When applied to strings this method introduces as coordinates the world-sheet metric, which may therefore be necessary for superstrings.

• OSTI ID: 5506857
• Journal Information: International Journal of Modern Physics A; (USA), Journal Name: International Journal of Modern Physics A; (USA) Vol. 4:7; ISSN IMPAE; ISSN 0217-751X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
COMPOSITE MODELS
DIMENSIONS
EXTENDED PARTICLE MODEL
FIELD ALGEBRA
FIELD THEORIES
GAUGE INVARIANCE
INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES
LIE GROUPS
LORENTZ GROUPS
LORENTZ INVARIANCE
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
PARTICLE MODELS
POINCARE GROUPS
POINCARE-BERTRAND FORMULA
QUARK MODEL
STRING MODELS
SUPERSYMMETRY
SYMMETRY
SYMMETRY GROUPS