{ "id": "hep-th/9706026", "version": "v2", "published": "1997-06-04T01:42:19.000Z", "updated": "1997-06-09T10:19:00.000Z", "title": "A construction of N=2 and centerless N=4 superconformal fields via affine superalgebras", "authors": [ "Minoru Wakimoto" ], "comment": "20 pages, amslatex", "journal": "Nucl.Phys. B530 (1998) 665-682", "doi": "10.1016/S0550-3213(98)00453-2", "categories": [ "hep-th" ], "abstract": "In this note we give a new construction of the N=2 superconformal algebra using currents of the affine superalgebra $\\hat{sl}(2 | 1)$ and free bosonic fields, and also the N=4 superconformal algebra without central charge in terms of currents of $\\hat{sl}(2 | 2)$ and free bosonic fields. Arguments on commutants and invariant subspaces are added.", "revisions": [ { "version": "v2", "updated": "1997-06-09T10:19:00.000Z" } ], "analyses": { "subjects": [ "11.10.Kk", "11.15.Hf", "11.25.Hf" ], "keywords": [ "affine superalgebra", "superconformal fields", "free bosonic fields", "construction", "superconformal algebra" ], "tags": [ "journal article" ], "publication": { "publisher": "Elsevier", "journal": "Nucl. Phys. B" }, "note": { "typesetting": "TeX", "pages": 20, "language": "en", "license": "arXiv", "status": "editable", "inspire": 443936 } } }