Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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10722478 | Physics Letters B | 2012 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
The Maxwell algebra, an enlargement of Poincaré algebra by Abelian tensorial generators, can be obtained in arbitrary dimension D by the suitable contraction of O(Dâ1,1)âO(Dâ1,2) (Lorentz algebra â AdS algebra). We recall that in D=4 the Lorentz algebra O(3,1) is described by the realification SpR(2|C) of complex algebra Sp(2|C)âSl(2|C) and O(3,2)âSp(4). We study various D=4N-extended Maxwell superalgebras obtained by the contractions of real superalgebras OSpR(2Nâk;2|C)âOSp(k;4) (k=0,1,2,â¦,2N); (extended Lorentz superalgebra â extended AdS superalgebra). If N=1 (k=0,1,2) one arrives at three different versions of simple Maxwell superalgebra. For any fixed N we get 2N different superextensions of Maxwell algebra with n-extended Poincaré superalgebras (1⩽n⩽N) and the internal symmetry sectors obtained by suitable contractions of the real algebra OR(2Nâk|C)âO(k). Finally the comments on possible applications of Maxwell superalgebras are presented.
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Authors
Kiyoshi Kamimura, Jerzy Lukierski,