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Majorana-Weyl Spinors and Self-Duality Gauge Fields in 2+2 Dimensions

High Energy Physics - Theory 2012-08-27 v1

Abstract

The properties of Dirac gamma matrices in a four-dimensional space-time with the (2,2)(2,2) signature are studied. The basic spinors are classified, and the existence of Majorana-Weyl spinors is noted. Supersymmetry in 2+22 + 2 dimensions is discussed, and the existence of the {\it real chiral} scalar supermultiplet is discovered. Supersymmetric {\it self-dual} Yang-Mills theories and {\it self-dual} supergravity model in 2+22 + 2 dimensions, that are apparently relevant to integrable systems, are formulated for the first time.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9203081,
  title  = {Majorana-Weyl Spinors and Self-Duality Gauge Fields in 2+2 Dimensions},
  author = {S. V. Ketov and S. J. Gates, and H. Nishino},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9203081},
  year   = {2012}
}

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15 pages