F-brane Superspace: The New World Volume

TL;DR

This paper introduces a novel superspace framework for F-theory, incorporating a new Virasoro algebra with worldvolume coordinates for each generator, and employs selfduality to eliminate coordinate doubles.

Contribution

It develops a new superspace formulation for F-theory featuring an extended Virasoro algebra and selfduality, advancing the understanding of F-theory's worldvolume structure.

Findings

Formulation of a new Virasoro algebra including $$-symmetry.

Introduction of worldvolume coordinates for each algebra generator.

Application of selfduality to remove coordinate doubles.

Abstract

F-theory requires a new Virasoro algebra, including $\kappa$-symmetry, with a worldvolume coordinate for each generator. (Similar is implied for the superstring.) Doubles of the spacetime coordinates are eliminated by selfduality, which now applies to all currents.