Abstract
Preliminary evidence is presented that a long overlooked and critical element in the fundamental definition of a general theory of integration over curved Wess-Zumino superspace lies with the imposition of “the Ethereal Conjecture” which states the necessity of the superspace to be topologically “close” to its purely bosonic sub-manifold. As a step in proving this, a new theory of integration based on closed super p-forms is proposed.
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Supported in part by NATO Grant CRG-93-0789
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Gates, S.J. (1999). Ectoplasm has no topology: The prelude. In: Wess, J., Ivanov, E.A. (eds) Supersymmetries and Quantum Symmetries. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 524. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0104586
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