Differential conformal superalgebras and their forms (Q843225)

In this paper the author introduce the formalism of differential conformal superalgebras. Their approach explains how, in the case of conformal superalgebras, a connected automorphism group allows for an infinite number of non-isomorphic loop algebras. The author show how differential conformal superalgebras can be used to study forms of conformal superalgebras and, as an application, classify forms of \(N=2\) and \(N=4\) conformal superalgebras by means of Galois cohomology.