On the supersymmetric extension of asymptotic symmetries in three spacetime dimensions

Abstract

In this work we obtain known and new supersymmetric extensions of diverse asymptotic symmetries defined in three spacetime dimensions by considering the semigroup expansion method. The super-BMS3, the superconformal algebra and new infinite-dimensional superalgebras are obtained by expanding the super-Virasoro algebra. The new superalgebras obtained are supersymmetric extensions of the asymptotic algebras of the Maxwell and the so(2, 2)⊕ so(2, 1) gravity theories. We extend our results to the N = 2 and N = 4 cases and find that R-symmetry generators are required. We also show that the new infinite-dimensional structures are related through a flat limit → ∞.