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The $\mathcal {OSP}(2,2|16)$ superconformal theory is free!

arXiv:1208.1699 · doi:10.1007/JHEP11(2012)078

Abstract

The SuperConformal theory in three space-time dimensions with SO(16) $R$-symmetry, 128 bosons, and 128 fermions, cannot sustain interactions. This result is obtained using both light-cone superspace techniques which rely on algebraic consistency, and covariant methods which rely on SO(16) Fierz identities which fail to produce the desired algebra.

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