1996/12/11 by Itzhak Bars, Bars, Itzhak, Costas Kounnas +1
Physics and Astronomy · #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th) #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #hep-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.hep-th/9612119
Latex, 27 pages
arxiv created 1996/12/11 · openalex publication_date 1996/12/11 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
We propose a new supersymmetry in field theory that generalizes standard supersymmetry and we construct field theoretic models that provide some of its representations. This symmetry combines a finite number of standard 4D supersymmetry multiplets into a single multiplet with a new type of Kaluza-Klein embedding in higher dimensions. We suggest that this mechanism may have phenomenological applications in understanding family unification. The algebraic structure, which has a flavor of W-algebras, is directly motivated by S-theory and its application in black holes. We show connections to previous proposals in the literature for 12 dimensional supergravity, Yang-Mills, (2,1) heterotic superstrings and Matrix models that attempt to capture part of the secret theory behind string theory.