Superizations of Cahen-Wallach symmetric spaces and spin representations of the Heisenberg algebra

DOI10.1016/J.GEOMPHYS.2009.10.002MaRDI QIDQ2266916zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Publication date 26 February 2010

Published in Journal of Geometry and Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0905.4027

Cahen-Wallach symmetric spaces Clifford algebras Heisenberg group homogeneous supermanifolds Lie superalgebras spinors superization supermanifolds

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Clifford algebras, spinors (15A66) Applications of Lie (super)algebras to physics, etc. (17B81) Differential geometry of symmetric spaces (53C35) Supergravity (83E50)

Abstract: Let M_0=G_0/H be a (n+1)-dimensional Cahen-Wallach Lorentzian symmetric space associated with a symmetric decomposition g_0=h+m and let S(M_0) be the spin bundle defined by the spin representation r:H->GL_R(S) of the stabilizer H. This article studies the superizations of M_0, i.e. its extensions to a homogeneous supermanifold M=G/H whose sheaf of superfunctions is isomorphic to Lambda(S^*(M_0)). Here G is a Lie supergroup which is the superization of the Lie group G_0 associated with a certain extension of the Lie algebra g_0 to a Lie superalgebra g=g_0+g_1=g_0+S, via the Kostant construction. The construction of the superization g consists of two steps: extending the spin representation r:h->gl_R(S) to a representation r:g_0->gl_R(S) and constructing appropriate r(g_0)-equivariant bilinear maps on S. Since the Heisenberg algebra heis is a codimension one ideal of the Cahen-Wallach Lie algebra g_0, first we describe spin representations of gheis and then determine their extensions to g_0. There are two large classes of spin representations of gheis and g_0: the zero charge and the non-zero charge ones. The description strongly depends on the dimension n+1 (mod 8). Some general results about superizations g=g_0+g_1 are stated and examples are constructed.

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Let \(M_0 = G_0/H\) be the Cahen-Wallach Lorentzian symmetric space with the spinor bundle \(S(M_0)\) defined by a spin representation \(\rho : H \to GL(S) \) of the stabilizer. The aim of the author is to describe the superizations of the homogeneous manifold \(M\) that is its extension to a homogeneous supermanifold \(M = G/H\) whose sheaf of superfunctions is isomorphic to \(\Lambda(S^*(M_0))\). Here \(G\) is a Lie supergroup, which is the superization of the Lie group \(G_0\) associated with a superization of the Lie algebra \(\mathfrak{g}_0 = \mathrm{Lie}\, G_0\) to a Lie superalgebra \(\mathfrak{g} = \mathfrak{g}_{\bar 0} + \mathfrak{g}_{\bar1} = \mathfrak{g}_{\bar 0} + S\) via the Kostant construction. The construction of the superization \(\mathfrak{g}\) reduces to an extension of the spin representation \(\rho : \mathfrak{h} \to \mathfrak{gl}(S)\) to a representation \(\rho : \mathfrak{g}_0 \to \mathfrak{gl}(S)\) and the construction of an appropriate \(\rho(\mathfrak{g}_0)\)-equivariant bilinear form on the spinor space \(S\). Since the Cahen-Wallach Lie algebra \(\mathfrak{g}_0\) has the Heisenberg Lie algebra \(\mathfrak{heis}\) as a codimension one ideal, at first, the author describes spin representations of \(\mathfrak{heis}\) and then studies their extensions to \(\mathfrak{g}_0\). There are two classes of spinor representations of \(\mathfrak{heis}\) and \(\mathfrak{g}_0\): zero charge representation, when the center of \(\mathfrak{heis} \) goes to zero and non-zero charge representations. An extension of a zero charge representation of \(\mathfrak{heis}\) to a representation of the Cahen-Wallach algebra reduces to a solution of some quadratic equation in the Clifford algebra. The case of non-zero charge representation is more complicated and strongly depends on \( n:= \dim M_0\pmod 8\). The author describes extensions for \(n=10 \pmod 8\). General results about superizations \(\mathfrak{g}= \mathfrak{g}_{\bar 0} + \mathfrak{g}_{\bar 1}\) of the Cahen-Wallach algebra are stated and examples are considered.

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