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$\mathrm{D=10}$ Super-Yang-Mills Theory and Poincar\'e Duality in Supermanifolds

High Energy Physics - Theory 2017-11-01 v1

Abstract

We consider super Yang-Mills theory on supermanifolds M(Dm)\mathcal{M}^{(D|m)} using integral forms. The latter are used to define a geometric theory of integration and are essential for a consistent action principle. The construction relies on Picture Changing Operators Y(0m)\mathbb{Y}^{(0|m)}, analogous to those introduced in String Theory, that admit the geometric interpretation of Poincar\'e duals of closed submanifolds of superspace S(D0)M(Dm)\mathcal{S}^{(D|0)} \subset \mathcal{M}^{(D|m)} having maximal bosonic dimension DD. We discuss the case of Super-Yang-Mills theory in D=10D=10 with N=1\mathcal{N}=1 supersymmetry and we show how to retrieve its pure-spinor formulation from the rheonomic lagrangian Lrheo\mathcal{L}_{rheo} of D'Auria, Fr\'e and Da Silva, choosing a suitable Yps(0m)\mathbb{Y}^{(0|m)}_{ps}. From the same lagrangian Lrheo\mathcal{L}_{rheo}, with another choice Ycomp(0m)\mathbb{Y}^{(0|m)}_{comp} of the PCO, one retrieves the component form of the SYM action. Equivalence of the formulations is ensured when the corresponding PCO.s are cohomologous, which is true, in this case, of Yps(0m)\mathbb{Y}^{(0|m)}_{ps} and Ycomp(0m)\mathbb{Y}^{(0|m)}_{comp}.

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@article{arxiv.1710.11498,
  title  = {$\mathrm{D=10}$ Super-Yang-Mills Theory and Poincar\'e Duality in Supermanifolds},
  author = {Pietro Fré and Pietro Antonio Grassi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1710.11498},
  year   = {2017}
}

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22 pages, Latex