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Positive energy unitary irreducible representations of the superalgebras osp(1|,2n, ℝ)

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We give the classification of the positive energy (lowest weight) unitary irreducible representations of the superalgebras osp(1|2n, ℝ).

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From Yadernaya Fizika, Vol. 68, No. 10, 2005, pp. 1724–1732.

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Dobrev, V.K., Zhang, R.B. Positive energy unitary irreducible representations of the superalgebras osp(1|,2n, ℝ). Phys. Atom. Nuclei 68, 1660–1669 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1134/1.2121914

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