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N=2 supersymmetric spin foams in three dimensions

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2008-11-26 v1 High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

We construct the spin foam model for N=2 supergravity in three dimensions. Classically, it is a BF theory with gauge algebra osp(2|2). This algebra has representations which are not completely reducible. This complicates the procedure when building a state sum. Fortunately, one can and should excise these representations. We show that the restricted subset of representations form a subcategory closed under tensor product. The resulting state-sum is once again a topological invariant. Furthermore, within this framework one can identify positively and negatively charged fermions propagating on the spin foam. These results on osp(2|2) representations and intertwiners apply more generally to spin network states for N=2 loop quantum supergravity (in 3+1 dimensions) where it allows to define a notion of BPS states.

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@article{arxiv.0710.3540,
  title  = {N=2 supersymmetric spin foams in three dimensions},
  author = {Etera R. Livine and James P. Ryan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0710.3540},
  year   = {2008}
}

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12 pages

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