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N=2\ $W$-supergravity

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-10-22 v1

Abstract

We quantise the classical gauge theory of N=2 wN=2\ w_\infty-supergravity and show how the underlying N=2N=2 super-ww_\infty algebra gets deformed into an N=2N=2 super-WW_\infty algebra. Both algebras contain the N=2N=2 super-Virasoro algebra as a subalgebra. We discuss how one can extract from these results information about quantum N=2 WNN=2\ W_N-supergravity theories containing a finite number of higher-spin symmetries with superspin sNs\le N. As an example we discuss the case of quantum N=2 W3N=2\ W_3-supergravity.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9112028,
  title  = {N=2\ $W$-supergravity},
  author = {E. Bergshoeff and M. de Roo},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9112028},
  year   = {2009}
}

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