(I,q)-graded Lie algebraic extensions of the Poincaré algebra, constraints on I and q

Abstract

The constraints on the index set I and on the function q of the (I,q)-graded Lie algebras over K containing the Poincaré Lie algebra are studied. By using the single-grading model, particular choices for I and q consistent with the found constraints are determined for K=C. Gradings are then found for which I⊆I=Z2×(Z4N×Z4N)×Gre, with N∈N and Gre an Abelian group. These gradings provide a way for algebraic extensions of the Poincaré Lie algebra beyond the Z2-gradings of supersymmetry and supergravity. In these algebraic extensions, each other commuting space–time parameter can either commute or anticommute with the further parameters of the (I,q)-graded (super) manifold. Different field representations can have—with each other—generalized commutative behavior beyond commutativity and anticommutativity.