Deformed N= 8 mechanics of (8, 8, 0) multiplets

authored by

Evgeny Ivanov, Olaf Lechtenfeld, Stepan Sidorov

Abstract

We construct new models of “curved” SU(4|1) supersymmetric mechanics based on two versions of the off-shell multiplet (8, 8, 0) which are “mirror” to each other. The worldline realizations of the supergroup SU(4|1) are treated as a deformation of flat N= 8 , d = 1 supersymmetry. Using SU(4|1) chiral superfields, we derive invariant actions for the first-type (8, 8, 0) multiplet, which parametrizes special Kähler manifolds. Since we are not aware of a manifestly SU(4|1) covariant superfield formalism for the second-type (8, 8, 0) multiplet, we perform a general construction of SU(4|1) invariant actions for both multiplet types in terms of SU(2|1) superfields. An important class of such actions enjoys superconformal OSp(8|2) invariance. We also build off-shell actions for the SU(4|1) multiplets (6, 8, 2) and (7, 8, 1) through appropriate substitutions for the component fields in the (8, 8, 0) actions. The (6, 8, 2) actions are shown to respect superconformal SU(4|1, 1) invariance.

Organisation(s)

Institut für Theoretische Physik
Riemann Center for Geometry and Physics

External Organisation(s)

Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR)

Type

Artikel

Journal

Journal of high energy physics

Volume

2018

ISSN

1126-6708

Publication date

08.2018

Publication status

Veröffentlicht

Peer reviewed

Yes

ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete

Kern- und Hochenergiephysik

Electronic version(s)

https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.1807.11804 (Access: Offen)
https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP08(2018)193 (Access: Offen)