Noncommutative spaces for parafermions

Abstract

We introduce ringed spaces, referred to as para-manifolds, whose non-commutative nilpotent coordinates naturally describe parafermions at the classical level in a similar way as Grassmann variables describe usual fermions. Given a supermanifold X, we construct a family of para-manifolds X(p) for positive integers p, such that X(1) recovers the supermanifold itself. A differential analysis on para-manifolds is developed, which can be readily applied to model physical problems. Two classes of para-manifolds, respectively corresponding to X being affine superspaces and projective superspaces, are treated in detail as examples. Green's theory of parafermions is reformulated in terms of para-manifolds.