The paraboson Fock space and unitary irreducible representations of the Lie superalgebra osp(1|2n)

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dc.creatorLievens, S.
dc.creatorStoilova, N. I.
dc.creatorVan der Jeugt, J.
dc.date2007-06-28
dc.date2007-09-14
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T11:41:22Z
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dc.descriptionIt is known that the defining relations of the orthosymplectic Lie superalgebra osp(1|2n) are equivalent to the defining (triple) relations of n pairs of paraboson operators $b^\pm_i$. In particular, with the usual star conditions, this implies that the ``parabosons of order p'' correspond to a unitary irreducible (infinite-dimensional) lowest weight representation V(p) of osp(1|2n). Apart from the simple cases p=1 or n=1, these representations had never been constructed due to computational difficulties, despite their importance. In the present paper we give an explicit and elegant construction of these representations V(p), and we present explicit actions or matrix elements of the osp(1|2n) generators. The orthogonal basis vectors of V(p) are written in terms of Gelfand-Zetlin patterns, where the subalgebra u(n) of osp(1|2n) plays a crucial role. Our results also lead to character formulas for these infinite-dimensional osp(1|2n) representations. Furthermore, by considering the branching $ osp(1|2n) \supset sp(2n) \supset u(n)$, we find explicit infinite-dimensional unitary irreducible lowest weight representations of sp(2n) and their characters.
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dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0706.4196
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0706.4196
dc.identifierCommun.Math.Phys.282:575,2008
dc.identifierdoi:10.1007/s00220-008-0567-5
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/200512
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Theory
dc.subjectMathematical Physics
dc.subjectGroup Theory
dc.subjectRepresentation Theory
dc.subjectQuantum Physics
dc.titleThe paraboson Fock space and unitary irreducible representations of the Lie superalgebra osp(1|2n)
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