SU(2|1) mechanics and harmonic superspace

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/33/5/055001zbMATH Open1338.83170arXiv1507.00987OpenAlexW3106151284MaRDI QIDQ2807419FDOQ2807419

S. Sidorov, Evgeny Ivanov

Publication date: 20 May 2016

Published in: Classical and Quantum Gravity (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We define the worldline harmonic SU(2|1) superspace and its analytic subspace as a deformation of the flat N=4, d=1 harmonic superspace. The harmonic superfield description of the two mutually mirror off-shell (4,4,0) SU(2|1) supermultiplets is developed and the corresponding invariant actions are presented, as well as the relevant classical and quantum supercharges. Whereas the sigma-model actions exist for both types of the (4,4,0) multiplet, the invariant Wess-Zumino term can be defined only for one of them, thus demonstrating non-equivalence of these multiplets in the SU(2|1) case as opposed to the flat N=4, d=1 supersymmetry. A superconformal subclass of general SU(2|1) actions invariant under the trigonometric-type realizations of the supergroup D(2,1;alpha) is singled out. The superconformal Wess-Zumino actions possess an infinite-dimensional supersymmetry forming the centerless N=4 super Virasoro algebra. We solve a few simple instructive examples of the SU(2|1) supersymmetric quantum mechanics of the (4,4,0) multiplets and reveal the SU(2|1) representation contents of the corresponding sets of the quantum states.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1507.00987

zbMATH Keywords

deformationsupersymmetryharmonic superspacesuperconformal mechanicssuperfields

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Virasoro and related algebras (17B68) Applications of differential geometry to physics (53Z05) Geometry and quantization, symplectic methods (81S10) Unified quantum theories (81V22) String and superstring theories in gravitational theory (83E30) Supergravity (83E50)

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