BRST OPERATOR FOR SUPERCONFORMAL ALGEBRAS WITH QUADRATIC NONLINEARITY Academic Article

abstract

• We construct the quantum BRST operators for a large class of superconformal and quasi-superconformal algebras with quadratic nonlinearity. The only free parameter in these algebras is the level of the (super) Kac-Moody sector. The nilpotency of the quantum BRST operator imposes a condition on the level. We find this condition for (quasi) superconformal algebras with a Kac-Moody sector based on a simple Lie algebra and for the Z2 Z2-graded superconformal algebras with a Kac-Moody sector based on the superalgebra osp(N{divides}2M) or sl(N+2{divides}N). 1994.

authors

• Sezgin, Ergin

published proceedings

• PHYSICS LETTERS B

author list (cited authors)

• KHVIENGIA, Z., & SEZGIN, E.

citation count

• 5

complete list of authors

• KHVIENGIA, Z||SEZGIN, E

publication date

• May 1994

publisher

• Elsevier  Publisher

published in

• Physics Letters B  Journal

keywords

• 49 Mathematical Sciences
• 4902 Mathematical Physics
• 4904 Pure Mathematics
• 51 Physical Sciences
• 5107 Particle And High Energy Physics

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1016/0370-2693(94)91317-X

URI

• https://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/178559

start page

• 243

end page

• 250

volume

• 326

issue

• 3-4

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0370-2693(94)91317-x