The Derived Pure Spinor Formalism as an Equivalence of Categories

We construct a derived generalization of the pure spinor superfield formalism and prove that it exhibits an equivalence of dg-categories between multiplets for a supertranslation algebra and equivariant modules over its Chevalley-Eilenberg cochains. This equivalence is closely linked to Koszul duali...

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Veröffentlicht in:Symmetry, Integrability and Geometry: Methods and Applications
Datum:2023
Hauptverfasser: Elliott, Chris, Hahner, Fabian, Saberi, Ingmar
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description We construct a derived generalization of the pure spinor superfield formalism and prove that it exhibits an equivalence of dg-categories between multiplets for a supertranslation algebra and equivariant modules over its Chevalley-Eilenberg cochains. This equivalence is closely linked to Koszul duality for the supertranslation algebra. After introducing and describing the category of supermultiplets, we define the derived pure spinor construction explicitly as a dg-functor. We then show that the functor that takes the derived supertranslation invariants of any supermultiplet is a quasi-inverse to the pure spinor construction, using an explicit calculation. Finally, we illustrate our findings with examples and use insights from the derived formalism to answer some questions regarding the ordinary (underived) pure spinor superfield formalism.
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The Derived Pure Spinor Formalism as an Equivalence of Categories. Chris Elliott, Fabian Hahner and Ingmar Saberi. SIGMA 19 (2023), 022, 37 pages
1815-0659
2020 Mathematics Subject Classification: 81R25; 17B55; 17B81
arXiv:2205.14133
https://nasplib.isofts.kiev.ua/handle/123456789/211921
https://doi.org/10.3842/SIGMA.2023.022
We construct a derived generalization of the pure spinor superfield formalism and prove that it exhibits an equivalence of dg-categories between multiplets for a supertranslation algebra and equivariant modules over its Chevalley-Eilenberg cochains. This equivalence is closely linked to Koszul duality for the supertranslation algebra. After introducing and describing the category of supermultiplets, we define the derived pure spinor construction explicitly as a dg-functor. We then show that the functor that takes the derived supertranslation invariants of any supermultiplet is a quasi-inverse to the pure spinor construction, using an explicit calculation. Finally, we illustrate our findings with examples and use insights from the derived formalism to answer some questions regarding the ordinary (underived) pure spinor superfield formalism.
We would like to give special thanks to R. Eager, J. Walcher, and B. R. Williams for conversations and collaboration on related projects. We also gratefully acknowledge conversations with I. Brunner, M. Cederwall, I. Contreras, O. Gwilliam, J. Huerta, J. Palmkvist, and S. Noja. In addition, we would like to thank the anonymous referees for their useful suggestions. This work is funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) under Germany’s Excellence Strategy EXC 2181/1– 390900948 (the Heidelberg STRUCTURES Excellence Cluster). I.S. is supported by the Free State of Bavaria.
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