Conformal boundaries of Minkowski superspace and their super cuts

[en] In this article we carry out a detailed investigation of the geometric nature of the points at infinity of Minkowski superspace. It turns out that there are several sets of points forming the superconformal boundary of Minkowski superspace: on top of a well-behaved super I , we find other sets that we exhibit and study. We also study the intersection of these boundaries with super null cones and explicitly construct the corresponding space of super cuts.

Research center :

AGIF - Algèbre, Géométrie et Interactions fondamentales

Disciplines :

Physics

Author, co-author :

Boulanger, Nicolas ; Université de Mons - UMONS > Faculté des Sciences > Service de Physique de l'Univers, Champs et Gravitation

Herfray, Yannick; Université de Tours [FR] > Institut Denis Poisson

Parrini, Noémie ; Université de Mons - UMONS > Faculté des Sciences > Service de Physique de l'Univers, Champs et Gravitation

Language :

English

Title :

Conformal boundaries of Minkowski superspace and their super cuts

Publication date :

23 February 2024

Journal title :

Journal of High Energy Physics

ISSN :

1126-6708

eISSN :

1029-8479

Publisher :

Springer, Heidelberg, Germany

Volume :

2024

Issue :

177

Pages :

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S827 - Physique de l'Univers, Champs et Gravitation

Research institute :

R150 - Institut de Recherche sur les Systèmes Complexes

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https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP02(2024)177

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