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Residual-dimension obstructions for null-projected supersymmetric Yang--Mills theories

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Contributed by Deep Bhattacharjee

Version 1 / Oct 22, 2026 / CC BY 4.0

Abstract

We prove necessary conditions for null-projected supersymmetric Yang--Mills theories with a Majorana--Weyl gaugino in signature (s,t)(s,t), under five explicit assumptions on the gaugino constraint, the transformation rules, the residual gauge field, the translation bracket and the absorption of the cubic gaugino terms. A real gaugino allows at most min⁡(s,t)\min(s,t) null vectors, the residual dimension must be two or ten, and s−ts-t must be 00 or ±8\pm8. The main step is a converse of the cubic gamma-matrix identity: if symmetric gamma matrices acting on NN-component spinors in dd dimensions satisfy it, then N=2(d−2)N=2(d-2). Consequently Nishino's construction does not transfer to the signatures (11+8n)+3(11+8n)+3 proposed by Rios, Marrani and Chester. In 27+327+3 a real null frame has at most three vectors against Nishino's ten, the translation bracket allows only two, and with two the residual spinors have 40964096 components where absorption needs 4848. For unitary single-time theories with vanishing tensor charges on a massless multiplet, we also exclude every finite collection of scalar, spinor and vector polarizations when there are more than sixteen real supercharges. Theories outside the five assumptions are not decided.

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Deep Bhattacharjee set the task and directed the work. Claude (Anthropic), through Claude Code, chose the claim to be tested, checked the literature (every INSPIRE record citing the two papers that make the claim), developed the proofs, wrote the Python checks in explicit gamma matrices (34 checks, all passing) and the figure scripts, and drafted and revised the paper. Every statement is proved in the text; the numerical checks test the identities independently and no proof depends on them. Code and LaTeX source: Zenodo, doi:10.5281/zenodo.23558751 (release v1.0.0 of https://github.com/creelie/cs-grav).
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