D-module representations of N=2,4,8 superconformal algebras and their superconformal mechanics

DOI10.1063/1.4705270MaRDI QIDQ2860724zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Zhanna Kuznetsova, Francesco Toppan

Publication date 20 November 2013

Published in Journal of Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1112.0995

D-module representations superalgebras superconformal algebras superconformal mechanics

Superalgebras (17A70) Central extensions and Schur multipliers (19C09) Representations of Lie and real algebraic groups: algebraic methods (Verma modules, etc.) (22E47) Supersymmetry and quantum mechanics (81Q60) Quantum field theory on curved space or space-time backgrounds (81T20) Supersymmetric field theories in quantum mechanics (81T60) Other elementary particle theory in quantum theory (81V25)

Abstract: The linear (homogeneous and inhomogeneous) (k, N, N-k) supermultiplets of the N-extended one-dimensional Supersymmetry Algebra induce D-module representations for the N=2,4,8 superconformal algebras. For N=2, the D-module representations of the A(1,0) superalgebra are obtained. For N=4 and scaling dimension lambda=0, the D-module representations of the A(1,1) superalgebra are obtained. For

l a m b d a e q 0

, the D-module representations of the D(2,1;alpha) superalgebras are obtained, with

a l p h a

determined in terms of the scaling dimension

l a m b d a

according to:

a l p h a = - 2 l a m b d a

for k=4, i.e. the (4,4) supermultiplet,

a l p h a = - l a m b d a

for k=3, i.e. (3,4,1), and

a l p h a = l a m b d a

for k=1, i.e. (1,4,3). For

l a m b d a e q 0

the (2,4,2) supermultiplet induces a D-module representation for the centrally extended sl(2|2) superalgebra. For N=8, the (8,8) root supermultiplet induces a D-module representation of the D(4,1) superalgebra at the fixed value

l a m b d a = 1 / 4

. A Lagrangian framework to construct one-dimensional, off-shell, superconformal invariant actions from single-particle and multi-particles D-module representations is discussed. It is applied to explicitly construct invariant actions for the homogeneous and inhomogeneous N=4 (1,4,3) D-module representations (in the last case for several interacting supermultiplets of different chirality).

Review text

The \(\mathcal{N}\)-extended one dimensional supersymmetry algebra defined by the relations \(\{Q_i,Q_j\}=2\delta _{ij} H\), \([H,Q_i]=0\), where \(i,\, j=1,\dots,\mathcal{N}\), is the dynamical Lie superalgebra of the supersymmetric quantum mechanics. In this paper, the minimal linear supermultiplets of this superalgebra are used in order to induce \(D\)-module representations for superconformal algebras. The obtained \(D\)-module representations are defined by using supermatrices whose entries are differential operators in one variable. In the first part of the paper, the authors briefly review the classification of the finite \(\mathcal{N}=2,\, 4,\, 8\) superconformal Lie algebras, some results concerning the classification of minimal linear supermultiplets for global supersymmetry and indicate their extension to \(D\)-module representations for superconformal algebras. They continue by presenting the \(D\)-module representations for the \(\mathcal{N}=2\) superconformal algebra \(A(1,1)\) and their investigation of \(D\)-module representations for \(\mathcal{N}=4\) superconformal algebras for the full list of minimal linear \(\mathcal{N}=4\) supermultiplets. They also present for \(\mathcal{N}=8\) a \(D\)-module representation for the \(D(4,1)\) superalgebra induced by the \((8,8)\) root supermultiplet and the construction of superconformal-invariant mechanics based on \(D\)-module representations of superconformal algebras.

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