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Quantization of the ${\rm AdS}_3$ Superparticle on ${\rm OSP}(1|2)^2/{\rm SL}(2,\mathbb{R})$

High Energy Physics - Theory 2016-12-26 v3

Abstract

We analyze AdS3{\rm AdS}_3 superparticle dynamics on the coset OSP(12)×OSP(12)/SL(2,R){\rm OSP}(1|2) \times {\rm OSP}(1|2)/{\rm SL}(2,\mathbb{R}). The system is quantized in canonical coordinates obtained by gauge invariant Hamiltonian reduction. The left and right Noether charges of a massive particle are parametrized by coadjoint orbits of a timelike element of osp(12)\frak{osp}(1|2). Each chiral sector is described by two bosonic and two fermionic canonical coordinates corresponding to a superparticle with superpotential W=qm/qW=q-m/q, where mm is the particle mass. Canonical quantization then provides a quantum realization of osp(12)osp(12)\frak{osp}(1|2)\oplus\frak{osp}(1|2). For the massless particle the chiral charges lie on the coadjoint orbit of a nilpotent element of osp(12)\frak{osp}(1|2) and each of them depends only on one real fermion, which demonstrates the underlying κ\kappa-symmetry. These remaining left and right fermionic variables form a canonical pair and the system is described by four bosonic and two fermionic canonical coordinates. Due to conformal invariance of the massless particle, the osp(12)osp(12)\frak{osp}(1|2)\oplus\frak{osp} (1|2) extends to the corresponding superconformal algebra osp(24)\frak{osp}(2|4). Its 19 charges are given by all real quadratic combinations of the canonical coordinates, which trivializes their quantization.

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@article{arxiv.1610.03519,
  title  = {Quantization of the ${\rm AdS}_3$ Superparticle on ${\rm OSP}(1|2)^2/{\rm SL}(2,\mathbb{R})$},
  author = {Martin Heinze and George Jorjadze},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1610.03519},
  year   = {2016}
}

Comments

25+1 pages; v2: minor changes, references added and updated; v3: minor changes, one reference added, matches published version