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Supertwistors and massive particles

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In the (super)twistor formulation of massless (super)particle mechanics, the mass-shell constraint is replaced by a "spin-shell" constraint from which the spin content can be read off. We extend this formalism to massive (super)particles (with N-extended spacetime supersymmetry) in three and four space-time dimensions, explaining how the spin-shell constraints are related to spin, and we use it to prove equivalence of the massive N=1 and BPS-saturated N=2 superparticle actions. We also find the supertwistor form of the action for "spinning particles" with N-extended worldline supersymmetry, massless in four dimensions and massive in three dimensions, and we show how this simplifies special features of the N=2 case.

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2026 1

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Embedding formalism for anti-de Sitter superspaces

hep-th · 2026-05-27 · unverdicted · novelty 4.0

Develops bi-supertwistor realizations and extensions for N-extended AdS superspaces in 4D/5D with supergravity correspondence and superparticle applications.

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  • Embedding formalism for anti-de Sitter superspaces hep-th · 2026-05-27 · unverdicted · none · ref 229 · internal anchor

    Develops bi-supertwistor realizations and extensions for N-extended AdS superspaces in 4D/5D with supergravity correspondence and superparticle applications.