Symmetries of supergravity backgrounds and supersymmetric field theory

Abstract: In four spacetime dimensions, all

c a l N = 1

supergravity-matter systems can be formulated in the so-called

m a t h s f U (1)

superspace proposed by Howe in 1981. This paper is devoted to the study of those geometric structures which characterise a background

m a t h s f U (1)

superspace and are important in the context of supersymmetric field theory in curved space. We introduce (conformal) Killing tensor superfields

e l l_{(a l p h a_{1} d o t s a l p h a_{m}) ({d o t a l p h a}_{1} d o t s {d o t a l p h a}_{n})}

, with

m

and

n

non-negative integers,

m + n > 0

, and elaborate on their significance in the following cases: (i)

m = n = 1

; (ii)

m - 1 = n = 0

; and (iii)

m = n > 1

. The (conformal) Killing vector superfields

e l l_{a l p h a d o t a l p h a}

generate the (conformal) isometries of curved superspace, which are symmetries of every (conformal) supersymmetric field theory. The (conformal) Killing spinor superfields

e l l_{a l p h a}

generate extended (conformal) supersymmetry transformations. The (conformal) Killing tensor superfields with

m = n > 1

prove to generate all higher symmetries of the (massless) massive Wess-Zumino operator.

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