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Klein and Conformal Superspaces, Split Algebras and Spinor Orbits

High Energy Physics - Theory 2017-05-24 v2 Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

We discuss N=1\mathcal{N}=1 Klein and Klein-Conformal superspaces in D=(2,2)D=(2,2) space-time dimensions, realizing them in terms of their functor of points over the split composition algebra Cs\mathbb{C}_{s}. We exploit the observation that certain split form of orthogonal groups can be realized in terms of matrix groups over split composition algebras; this leads to a natural interpretation of the the sections of the spinor bundle in the critical split dimensions D=4D=4, 66 and 1010 as Cs2\mathbb{C}_{s}^{2}, Hs2\mathbb{H}_{s}^{2} and Os2\mathbb{O}_{s}^{2}, respectively. Within this approach, we also analyze the non-trivial spinor orbit stratification that is relevant in our construction since it affects the Klein-Conformal superspace structure.

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@article{arxiv.1603.09063,
  title  = {Klein and Conformal Superspaces, Split Algebras and Spinor Orbits},
  author = {Rita Fioresi and Emanuele Latini and Alessio Marrani},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1603.09063},
  year   = {2017}
}

Comments

1+31 pages; v2: one Ref. added, and other minor changes. To be published in Reviews in Mathematical Physics (2017)

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