1995/04/26 by Eric Bergshoeff, E. Bergshoeff, Ergin Sezgin +1 · 2 citations
Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Topics in Algebra #Algebra over a field #Algebraic structures and combinatorial models #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Brane #Generalization #Manifold (fluid mechanics) #Mathematical analysis #Mathematical physics #Mathematics #Physics #Pure mathematics #Quantum mechanics #Spacetime #Superalgebra #Supergroup #Superstring theory #Supersymmetry #Theoretical physics #hep-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/0370-2693(95)00655-5
published as Phys.Lett. B354 (1995) 256-263 · 14 pages, plain tex
arxiv created 1995/04/26 · openalex publication_date 1995/07/01 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
We present a geometric formulation of super p--brane theories in which the Wess--Zumino term is (p+1)--th order in the supersymmetric currents, and hence is manifestly supersymmetric. The currents are constructed using a supergroup manifold corresponding to a generalization of a superalgebra which we found sometime ago. Our results generalize Siegel's analogous reformulation of the Green--Schwarz superstring. The new superalgebras we construct underly the free differential superalgebras introduced by de Azcárraga and Townsend a few years ago.