N=(1|1) supersymmetric dispersionless Toda lattice hierarchy

TL;DR

This paper introduces a new graded bracket operation for superalgebras, applies it to the N=(1|1) supersymmetric Toda hierarchy, and constructs its dispersionless continuum limit with associated symmetries.

Contribution

It proposes a novel bracket operation on graded operators and uses it to realize the Lax representation of the supersymmetric Toda hierarchy and its dispersionless limit.

Findings

New graded bracket operation defined and studied.

Lax representation realized via the generalized bracket.

Constructed the dispersionless N=(1|1) Toda hierarchy and identified its symmetries.

Abstract

Generalizing the graded commutator in superalgebras, we propose a new bracket operation on the space of graded operators with an involution. We study properties of this operation and show that the Lax representation of the two-dimensional N=(1|1) supersymmetric Toda lattice hierarchy can be realized via the generalized bracket operation; this is important in constructing the semiclassical (continuum) limit of this hierarchy. We construct the continuum limit of the N=(1|1) Toda lattice hierarchy, the dispersionless N=(1|1) Toda hierarchy. In this limit, we obtain the Lax representation, with the generalized graded bracket becoming the corresponding Poisson bracket on the graded phase superspace. We find bosonic symmetries of the dispersionless N=(1|1) supersymmetric Toda equation.