Superconformal primary fields on a graded Riemann sphere

Journal of Mathematical Physics

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 2492-2514

  Nagi, Jasbir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 2942675039     PISSN: 00222488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1739295     Document Type: Article

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32. Assume otherwise, so that kk′ = 1= k′k, and kk″- 1 = k″k. Subtracting and factorizing gives (k′- k″)k=0 = k(k′ - k″). Using either inverse on these equations shows k′ - k″=0.
33. p(A)p(B)BA.
34. 123=1 and ε is antisymmetric in all its indices. Summation convention is used over repeated indices.
35. i.
36. -(1/2))|Φ〉, giving the operator associated with a state.
37. The author thanks M. Dörrzapf for checking these relations.
38. More precisely, these come from an ungraded involution on the algebra. On any representation of the algebra that admits a Hermitian contragredient form, this involution then gives the adjoint with respect to that form.