Target duality in N = 8 superconformal mechanics and the coupling of dual pairs

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dx.doi.org/10.7437/NF2318-4957/2013.01.001

We couple dual pairs of N = 8 superconformal mechanics with conical targets of dimension d
and 8−d. The superconformal coupling generates an oscillator-type potential on each of the two
target factors, with a frequency depending on the respective dual coordinates. In the case of
the inhomogeneous (3,8,5) model, which entails a monopole background, it is necessary to add
an extra supermultiplet of constants for half of the supersymmetry. The N = 4 analog, joining
an inhomogeneous (1,4,3) with a (3,4,1) multiplet, is also analyzed in detail.

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