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Setting Limits on Supersymmetry Using Simplified Models
Published on: November 15, 2013
Maxwell superalgebra and superparticles in constant gauge backgrounds.
Sotirios Bonanos1, Joaquim Gomis, Kiyoshi Kamimura
1Institute of Nuclear Physics, NCSR Demokritos, 15310 Aghia Paraskevi, Attiki, Greece.
Physical Review Letters
|April 7, 2010
Summary
We introduce the Maxwell superalgebra, a novel N=1, D=4 supersymmetry algebra. This new framework describes supersymmetries in a specific background, leading to a new massless superparticle model.
Area of Science:
- Theoretical Physics
- Supersymmetry Algebra
Background:
- The study builds upon existing Poincaré superalgebras.
- Incorporates the Maxwell algebra as a subalgebra.
Purpose of the Study:
- To present the Maxwell superalgebra, an N=1, D=4 algebra.
- To describe supersymmetries in a generalized N=1, D=4 superspace with a specific background.
- To propose a new kappa-invariant massless superparticle model.
Main Methods:
- Minimal enlargement of a Poincaré superalgebra.
- Nonlinear coset realization techniques applied to the Maxwell supergroup.
Main Results:
- The Maxwell superalgebra is defined as an N=1, D=4 algebra with two Majorana supercharges.
- This superalgebra accounts for supersymmetries in a constant Abelian supersymmetric field strength background.
- A novel kappa-invariant massless superparticle model is proposed.
Conclusions:
- The Maxwell superalgebra offers a new framework for theoretical physics.
- The proposed superparticle model provides a dynamical realization of the Maxwell superalgebra.
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