Superalgebra cohomology, the geometry of extended superspaces and superbranes

Abstract

We present here a cohomological analysis of the new spacetime superalgebras that arise in the context of superbrane theory. They lead to enlarged superspaces that allow us to write D-brane actions in terms of fields associated with the additional superspace variables. This suggests that there is an extended superspace/worldvolume fields democracy for superbranes.

12 pages, LATEX. Invited lecture delivered at the XXXVII Karpacz Winter School on "New Developments in Fundamental Interaction Theories" (6-15 February, 2001, Karpacz, Poland). To be published in the Proceedings

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