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Supermetrics on supermanifolds

Mathematical Physics 2015-05-13 v1 math.MP

Abstract

By virtue of the well-known theorem, a structure Lie group K of a principal bundle PP is reducible to its closed subgroup H iff there exists a global section of the quotient bundle P/K. In gauge theory, such sections are treated as Higgs fields, exemplified by pseudo-Riemannian metrics on a base manifold of P. Under some conditions, this theorem is extended to principal superbundles in the category of G-supermanifolds. Given a G-supermanifold M and a graded frame superbundle over M with a structure general linear supergroup, a reduction of this structure supergroup to an orthgonal-symplectic supersubgroup is associated to a supermetric on a G-supermanifold M.

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@article{arxiv.0801.0088,
  title  = {Supermetrics on supermanifolds},
  author = {G. Sardanashvily},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0801.0088},
  year   = {2015}
}

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17 pages

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