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On the relation between Volkov-Akulov and special conformal supersymmetry: a D3-brane perspective

High Energy Physics - Theory 2015-06-22 v1

Abstract

We obtain the complete superconformal symmetry transformations on the worldvolume of a D3-brane in an AdS5×S5AdS_5\times S^5 background by using a coset superspace approach. We show that in the large RR-limit we recover all supersymmetries present on the worldvolume of a D3-brane in a Minkowski background, in particular the Volkov-Akulov supersymmetry. We conclude with a proposal for a scheme to construct higher derivative invariants in D=4D=4, N=4\mathcal{N}=4 settings.

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@article{arxiv.1409.3749,
  title  = {On the relation between Volkov-Akulov and special conformal supersymmetry: a D3-brane perspective},
  author = {Frederik Coomans and Bert Van Pol},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1409.3749},
  year   = {2015}
}