Comments on N=4 superconformal algebras

DOI10.1016/S0550-3213(00)00637-4zbMATH Open0971.81513arXivhep-th/0003035OpenAlexW2939987406MaRDI QIDQ1589896FDOQ1589896

Authors: Jørgen Rasmussen 

Publication date: 13 December 2000

Published in: Nuclear Physics B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We present a new and asymmetric N=4 superconformal algebra for arbitrary central charge, thus completing our recent work on its classical analogue with vanishing central charge. Besides the Virasoro generator and 4 supercurrents, the algebra consists of an internal SL(2) otimes U(1) Kac-Moody algebra in addition to two spin 1/2 fermions and a bosonic scalar. The algebra is shown to be invariant under a linear twist of the generators, except for a unique value of the continuous twist parameter. At this value, the invariance is broken and the algebra collapses to the small N=4 superconformal algebra. In the context of string theory, the asymmetric N=4 superconformal algebra is provided with an explicit construction on the boundary of AdS_3, and is induced by an affine SL(2|2) current superalgebra residing on the world sheet. Substituting the world sheet SL(2|2) by the coset SL(2|2)/U(1) results in the small N=4 superconformal algebra on the boundary of AdS_3.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0003035

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zbMATH Keywords

affine current superalgebrainternal Kac-Moody algebraVirasoro generator

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Infinite-dimensional groups and algebras motivated by physics, including Virasoro, Kac-Moody, (W)-algebras and other current algebras and their representations (81R10) Supersymmetric field theories in quantum mechanics (81T60)

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