A non-reductiveN= 4 superconformal algebra

DOI10.1088/0305-4470/35/8/316zbMATH Open1006.81031arXivhep-th/0108054OpenAlexW2094828219MaRDI QIDQ4545290FDOQ4545290

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Publication date: 15 August 2002

Published in: Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: A new N=4 superconformal algebra (SCA) is presented. Its internal affine Lie algebra is based on the seven-dimensional Lie algebra su(2)oplus g, where g should be identified with a four-dimensional non-reductive Lie algebra. Thus, it is the first known example of what we choose to call a non-reductive SCA. It contains a total of 16 generators and is obtained by a non-trivial In"on"u-Wigner contraction of the well-known large N=4 SCA. The recently discovered asymmetric N=4 SCA is a subalgebra of this new SCA. Finally, the possible affine extensions of the non-reductive Lie algebra g are classified. The two-form governing the extension appearing in the SCA differs from the ordinary Cartan-Killing form.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0108054

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zbMATH Keywords

non-trivial Inönü-Wigner contractionpossible affine extensions of the non-reductive Lie algebra \(g\) are classified

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Finite-dimensional groups and algebras motivated by physics and their representations (81R05) Structure theory for Lie algebras and superalgebras (17B05)

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