nLab superisometry group

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Context

Super-Geometry

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Idea

The analog of the concept of isometry group in supergeometry.

References

Discussion identifying twistor spinors (hence in particular Killing spinors) as infinitesimal superisometries is in

Discussion regarding the conceptualization of Killing spinors in super-Cartan geometry is in

  • Michel Egeileh, Fida El Chami, Some remarks on the geometry of superspace supergravity, J.Geom.Phys. 62 (2012) 53-60 (spire)

Discussion in string theory includes

  • Paul Townsend, Killing spinors, supersymmetries and rotating intersecting branes, in Novelties in string theory (Göteborg, 1998), pp. 177–182. World Sci.

    Publishing, River Edge, NJ, 19 (arXiv:hep-th/9901102)

and specifically for type II supergravity:

and 11-dimensional supergravity

Discussion in the context of superconformal symmetry is in

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