Algebraic structure of Galilean superconformal symmetries

Sergey Fedoruk and Jerzy Lukierski
Phys. Rev. D 84, 065002 – Published 1 September 2011

Abstract

The semisimple part of d-dimensional Galilean conformal algebra g(d) is given by h(d)=O(2,1)O(d), which after adding via a semidirect sum the 3d-dimensional Abelian algebra t(d) of translations, Galilean boosts, and constant accelerations completes the construction. We obtain Galilean superconformal algebra G(d) by first defining the semisimple superalgebra H(d) which supersymmetrizes h(d), and further by considering the expansion of H(d) by tensorial and spinorial graded Abelian charges in order to supersymmetrize the Abelian generators of t(d). For d=3 the supersymmetrization of h(3) is linked with a specific model of N=4 extended superconformal mechanics, which is described by the superalgebra D(2,1;α) if α=1. We shall also present the alternative derivations of extended Galilean superconformal algebras for 1d5 by employing the Inönü-Wigner contraction method.

  • Received 31 May 2011

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.84.065002

© 2011 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

Sergey Fedoruk1,* and Jerzy Lukierski2,†

  • 1Bogoliubov Laboratory of Theoretical Physics, JINR, 141980 Dubna, Moscow region, Russia
  • 2Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Wrocław, plac Maxa Borna 9, 50-204 Wrocław, Poland

  • *fedoruk@theor.jinr.ru
  • lukier@ift.uni.wroc.pl

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Vol. 84, Iss. 6 — 15 September 2011

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