Critical scaling dimension of D-module representations of N=4,7,8 Superconformal Algebras and constraints on Superconformal Mechanics

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Abstract

At critical values of the scaling dimension λλ, supermultiplets of the global N{\cal N}-Extended one-dimensional Supersymmetry algebra induce DD-module representations of finite superconformal algebras (the latters being identified in terms of the global supermultiplet and its critical scaling dimension). For N=4,8{\cal N}=4,8 and global supermultiplets (k,N,N−k)(k, {\cal N}, {\cal N}-k), the exceptional superalgebras D(2,1;α)D(2,1;α) are recovered for N=4{\cal N}=4, with a relation between αα and the scaling dimension given by α=(2−k)λα= (2-k)λ. For N=8{\cal N}=8 and k≠4k\neq 4 all four N=8{\cal N}=8 finite superconformal algebras are recovered, at the critical values λk=1k−4λ_k = \frac{1}{k-4}, with the following identifications: D(4,1) for k=0,8k=0,8, F(4) for k=1,7k=1,7, A(3,1) for k=2,6k=2,6 and D(2,2) for k=3,5k=3,5. The N=7{\cal N}=7 global supermultiplet (1,7,7,1)(1,7,7,1) induces, at λ=−1/4λ= -1/4, a DD-module representation of the exceptional superalgebra G(3). DD-module representations are applicable to the construction of superconformal mechanics in a Lagrangian setting. The isomorphism of the D(2,1;α)D(2,1;α) algebras under an S3S_3 group action on αα, coupled with the relation between αα and the scaling dimension λλ, induces non-trivial constraints on the admissible models of N=4{\cal N}=4 superconformal mechanics. The existence of new superconformal models is pointed out. E.g., coupled (1,4,3)(1,4,3) and (3,4,1)(3,4,1) supermultiplets generate an N=4{\cal N}=4 superconformal mechanics if λλ is related to the golden ratio. The relation between classical versus quantum DD-module representations is presented.

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