SUPER P-BRANE THEORIES AND NEW SPACETIME SUPERALGEBRAS

被引:55
作者
BERGSHOEFF, E [1 ]
SEZGIN, E [1 ]
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[1] TEXAS A&M UNIV,CTR THEORET PHYS,COLLEGE STN,TX 77843
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10.1016/0370-2693(95)00655-5
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P1 [天文学];
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0704 ;
摘要
We present a geometric formulation of super p-brane theories in which the Wess-Zumino term is (p + 1)-th order in the supersymmetric currents, and hence is manifestly supersymmetric. The currents are constructed using a supergroup manifold corresponding to a generalization of a superalgebra which we found sometime ago. Our results generalize Siegel's analogous reformulation of the Green-Schwarz superstring. The new superalgebras we construct underly the free differential superalgebras introduced by de Azcarraga and Townsend a few years ago.
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页码:256 / 263
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