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Fractional Superspace Formulation of Generalized Super-Virasoro Algebras

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-10-22 v2

Abstract

We present a fractional superspace formulation of the centerless parasuper-Viraso-ro and fractional super-Virasoro algebras. These are two different generalizations of the ordinary super-Virasoro algebra generated by the infinitesimal diffeomorphisms of the superline. We work on the fractional superline parametrized by tt and θ\theta, with tt a real coordinate and θ\theta a paragrassmann variable of order MM and canonical dimension 1/F1/F. We further describe a more general structure labelled by MM and FF with MFM\geq F. The case F=2F=2 corresponds to the parasuper-Virasoro algebra of order MM, while the case F=MF=M leads to the fractional super-Virasoro algebra of order FF. The ordinary super-Virasoro algebra is recovered at F=M=2F=M=2. The connection with qq-oscillator algebras is discussed.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9205086,
  title  = {Fractional Superspace Formulation of Generalized Super-Virasoro Algebras},
  author = {Stephane Durand},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9205086},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

9 pages, McGill/92-30 (small corrections and elimination of the parameter "alpha")