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Arbitrary Superspin Massive Superparticles

High Energy Physics - Theory 2008-11-26 v1

Abstract

We propose the action for a massive NN-extended superparticle with a pure (half)integer superspin Y, Y=0,1/2,1,3/2,Y,~Y = 0, 1/2, 1, 3/2, \ldots. Regardless of the superspin value, the configuration space is R44N×S2{\Bbb R}^{4|4N} \times S^2, where S2S^2 corresponds to spinning degrees of freedom. Being explicitly super-Poincar\'e invariant, the model possesses two gauge symmetries implying strong conservation of the squared momentum and superspin. Hamilton constrained dynamics is developed and canonical quantization is studied. For NN = 1 we show that the physical super wave-functions are to be on-shell massive chiral superfields. Central-charges generalizations of the model are given.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9404089,
  title  = {Arbitrary Superspin Massive Superparticles},
  author = {S. M. Kuzenko and S. L. Lyakhovich and A. Yu. Segal},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9404089},
  year   = {2008}
}

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