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Classification of maximal transitive prolongations of super-Poincar\'e algebras

Rings and Algebras 2014-08-26 v2 Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

Let VV be a complex vector space with a non-degenerate symmetric bilinear form and S\mathbb S an irreducible module over the Clifford algebra Cl(V)Cl(V) determined by this form. A supertranslation algebra is a Z\mathbb Z-graded Lie superalgebra m=m2m1\mathfrak m=\mathfrak{m}_{-2}\oplus\mathfrak{m}_{-1}, where m2=V\mathfrak{m}_{-2}=V and m1=SS\mathfrak{m}_{-1}=\mathbb S\oplus\cdots\oplus\mathbb{S} is the direct sum of an arbitrary number N1N\geq 1 of copies of S\mathbb S, whose bracket [,]m1m1:m1m1m2[\cdot,\cdot]|_{\mathfrak{m}_{-1}\otimes \mathfrak{m}_{-1}}:\mathfrak{m}_{-1}\otimes\mathfrak{m}_{-1}\rightarrow\mathfrak{m}_{-2} is symmetric, so(V)\mathfrak{so}(V)-equivariant and non-degenerate (that is the condition "sm1,[s,m1]=0s\in\mathfrak{m}_{-1}, [s,\mathfrak{m}_{-1}]=0" implies s=0s=0). We consider the maximal transitive prolongations in the sense of Tanaka of supertranslation algebras. We prove that they are finite-dimensional for dimV3\dim V\geq3 and classify them in terms of super-Poincar\'e algebras and appropriate Z\mathbb Z-gradings of simple Lie superalgebras.

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@article{arxiv.1212.1826,
  title  = {Classification of maximal transitive prolongations of super-Poincar\'e algebras},
  author = {Andrea Altomani and Andrea Santi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1212.1826},
  year   = {2014}
}

Comments

32 pages, v2: general presentation improved, corrected several typos. Proofs and results unchanged. Final version to appear in Adv. Math