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Super Riemann Surface, super derivatives and connections

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Concise Encyclopedia of Supersymmetry

For a N = 1 SRS S σ, it is convenient to denote the Jacobian of the superconformal change of coordinates zz′ (z) by e−w ≡ D θ′.

Superconformal field. Let n be an integer. Then, a superconformal field of weight on S σ is a superfield with the transformation property with respect to a superconformal change of coordinates [2]. The field C n is taken to have Grassmann parity (−)n and the space of these fields is denoted by n .

Superaffine connection. A superaffine connection on S σ is a collection of odd superfields which are locally superanalytic (i.e. ) and which transform under a superconformal change of coordinates as

Supercovariant derivative. Given a superaffine connection, one can locally define a supercovariant derivative which maps superconformal fields to superconformal fields:

Super Schwarzian derivative. The super Schwarzian derivative of the coordinate transformation zz′(z) is defined by [2]

Under the composition of superconformal transformations, zz′ → z″, it transforms...

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Lozano, Y. et al. (2004). Super Riemann Surface, super derivatives and connections. In: Duplij, S., Siegel, W., Bagger, J. (eds) Concise Encyclopedia of Supersymmetry. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-4522-0_539

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