Superconformal Tensor Calculus on an Orbifold in 5D
Author(s) -
Taichiro Kugo,
Keisuke Ohashi
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
progress of theoretical physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1347-4081
pISSN - 0033-068X
DOI - 10.1143/ptp.108.203
Subject(s) - multiplet , orbifold , physics , tensor calculus , invariant (physics) , tensor (intrinsic definition) , spacetime , mathematical physics , weyl tensor , theoretical physics , tensor field , pure mathematics , riemann curvature tensor , quantum mechanics , geometry , exact solutions in general relativity , mathematics , spectral line , curvature
Superconformal tensor calculus on an orbifold S^1/Z_2 is given infive-dimensional (5D) spacetime. The four-dimensional superconformal Weylmultiplet and various matter multiplets are induced on the boundary planes fromthe 5D supermultiplets in the bulk. We identify those induced 4Dsupermultiplets and clarify a general method for coupling the bulk fields tothe matter fields on the boundaries in a superconformal invariant manner.Comment: 31 pages, no figures, LaTeX, version to appear in PT
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