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Hidden nonlinear su(2|2) superunitary symmetry of N=2 superextended 1D Dirac delta potential problem

High Energy Physics - Theory 2008-11-26 v3

Abstract

We show that the N=2 superextended 1D quantum Dirac delta potential problem is characterized by the hidden nonlinear su(22)su(2|2) superunitary symmetry. The unexpected feature of this simple supersymmetric system is that it admits three different Z2\mathbb Z_2-gradings, which produce a separation of 16 integrals of motion into three different sets of 8 bosonic and 8 fermionic operators. These three different graded sets of integrals generate two different nonlinear, deformed forms of su(22)su(2|2), in which the Hamiltonian plays a role of a multiplicative central charge. On the ground state, the nonlinear superalgebra is reduced to the two distinct 2D Euclidean analogs of a superextended Poincar\'e algebra used earlier in the literature for investigation of spontaneous supersymmetry breaking. We indicate that the observed exotic supersymmetric structure with three different Z2\mathbb Z_2-gradings can be useful for the search of hidden symmetries in some other quantum systems, in particular, related to the Lam\'e equation.

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@article{arxiv.0707.1393,
  title  = {Hidden nonlinear su(2|2) superunitary symmetry of N=2 superextended 1D Dirac delta potential problem},
  author = {Francisco Correa and Luis-Miguel Nieto and Mikhail S. Plyushchay},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0707.1393},
  year   = {2008}
}

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11 pages; comments and refs. added, version published in PLB