Superspace Geometry and Classification of Supersymmetric Extended Objects
J.A. De Azcarraga, P.K. Townsend (Cambridge U.)

1989 - 4 pages

Abstract (APS)
We provide a geometrical interpretation of the classification of supersymmetric p-dimensional extended objects. Specifically, we show that the action describing such an object exists by virtue of a nontrivial class of the (p+2)th Chevalley-Eilenberg cohomology of superspace, considered as the super translation group.


Keyword(s): INSPIRE: SUPERSYMMETRY: SUPERSPACE | MODEL: MEMBRANE | MODEL: P-BRANE | MODEL: HIGHER-DIMENSIONAL | MODEL: GEOMETRICAL | GROUP THEORY: COHOMOLOGY | FIELD THEORY: ACTION
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