Symplectic three-algebra unifying N = 5,6 superconformal Chern-Simons-Matter theories

DOI10.1007/JHEP08(2010)077zbMATH Open1290.81139arXiv0908.2618MaRDI QIDQ2016954FDOQ2016954

Authors: Fa-Min Chen 

Publication date: 24 June 2014

Published in: Journal of High Energy Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We define a 3-algebra with structure constants being symmetric in the first two indices. We also introduce an invariant anti-symmetric tensor into this 3-algebra and call it a symplectic 3-algebra. The general N=5 superconformal Chern-Simons-matter (CSM) theory with SO(5) R-symmetry in three dimensions is constructed by using this algebraic structure. We demonstrate that the supersymmetry can be enhanced to N=6 if the sympelctic 3-algebra and the fields are decomposed in a proper fashion. By specifying the 3-brackets, some presently known N=5, 6 superconformal theories are described in terms of this unified 3-algebraic framework. These include the N=5, Sp(2N) X O(M) CSM theory with SO(5) R-symmetry , the N=6, Sp(2N) X U(1) CSM theory with SU(4) R-symmetry, as well as the ABJM theory as a special case of U(M) X U(N) theory with SU(4) R-symmetry.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0908.2618

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zbMATH Keywords

gauge-gravity correspondenceChern-Simons theoriesextended supersymmetry

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Poisson algebras (17B63) Eta-invariants, Chern-Simons invariants (58J28) Two-dimensional field theories, conformal field theories, etc. in quantum mechanics (81T40) Supersymmetric field theories in quantum mechanics (81T60)

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