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Phys. Rev. D 71, 065002 (2005) [21 pages]

Adinkras: A graphical technology for supersymmetric representation theory

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Michael Faux*
Department of Physics, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, New York 14456, USA

S. J. Gates
Center for String and Particle Theory Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742-4111, USA

Received 18 October 2004; published 9 March 2005

We present a symbolic method for organizing the representation theory of one-dimensional superalgebras. This relies on special objects, which we have called adinkra symbols, which supply tangible geometric forms to the still-emerging mathematical basis underlying supersymmetry.

© 2005 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.71.065002
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevD.71.065002
PACS:
04.65.+e

*Electronic address: faux@hws.edu

Electronic address: gatess@wam.umd.edu