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4D, N=1 Supergravity Genomics

High Energy Physics - Theory 2019-03-12 v2 Representation Theory

Abstract

The off-shell representation theory of 4D, N=1\mathcal{N}=1 supermultiplets can be categorized in terms of distinct irreducible graphical representations called adinkras as part of a larger effort we call supersymmetry `genomics.' Recent evidence has emerged pointing to the existence of three such fundamental adinkras associated with distinct equivalence classes of a Coxeter group. A partial description of these adinkras is given in terms of two types, termed cis-and trans-adinkras (the latter being a degenerate doublet) in analogy to cis/trans isomers in chemistry. Through a new and simple procedure that uses adinkras, we find the irreducible off-shell adinkra representations of 4D, N=1\mathcal{N}=1 supergravity, in the old-minimal, non-minimal, and conformal formulations. This procedure uncovers what appears to be a selection rule useful to reverse engineer adinkras to higher dimensions. We categorize the supergravity representations in terms of the number of cis-(ncn_c) and trans-(ntn_t) adinkras in the representation and synthesize our new results with our previous supersymmetry genomics results into a group theoretic framework.

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@article{arxiv.1212.3318,
  title  = {4D, N=1 Supergravity Genomics},
  author = {Isaac Chappell and S. James Gates, and William D. Linch and James Parker and Stephen Randall and Alexander Ridgway and Kory Stiffler},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1212.3318},
  year   = {2019}
}

Comments

61 pages, 19 figures, version submitted to JHEP. More motivation for the problem in the introduction, new review section on adinkras in section 2

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