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${\cal N}{=}\,4$ supersymmetric mechanics on curved spaces

High Energy Physics - Theory 2018-04-25 v3 Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

We present N=4{\cal N}{=}\,4 supersymmetric mechanics on nn-dimensional Riemannian manifolds constructed within the Hamiltonian approach. The structure functions entering the supercharges and the Hamiltonian obey modified covariant constancy equations as well as modified Witten-Dijkgraaf-Verlinde-Verlinde equations specified by the presence of the manifold's curvature tensor. Solutions of original Witten-Dijkgraaf-Verlinde-Verlinde equations and related prepotentials defining N=4{\cal N}{=}\,4 superconformal mechanics in flat space can be lifted to so(n)so(n)-invariant Riemannian manifolds. For the Hamiltonian this lift generates an additional potential term which, on spheres and (two-sheeted) hyperboloids, becomes a Higgs-oscillator potential. In particular, the sum of nn copies of one-dimensional conformal mechanics results in a specific superintegrable deformation of the Higgs oscillator.

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@article{arxiv.1711.08734,
  title  = {${\cal N}{=}\,4$ supersymmetric mechanics on curved spaces},
  author = {Nikolay Kozyrev and Sergey Krivonos and Olaf Lechtenfeld and Armen Nersessian and Anton Sutulin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1711.08734},
  year   = {2018}
}

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1+10 pages, v2: minor changes, v3: reference added, published version