On the N=2 U(1) supercovariant Lax formalism and WA(n-1|n-1)^(1) symmetries

Abstract

We introduce the concept of conformal spin gradation of the untwisted affine Lie superalgebra $\hat A(n-1| n-1)^{(1)}$ to study the $W\hat A (n-1| n-1)^{(1)}$ Miura transformation. We show that the essential of $\hat A(n-1| n-1)^{(1)}$ may be read from the conformal spin gradation of the canonical vector basis of the $SL(n| n)$ vector representation space $V_{2n}$ and a spectral parameter $\mu$. We give the generic formula of their conformal spin weights. Then, we set up the fundamentals of a manifestly $N=2 U(1)$ Lax formalism leading to a manifestly $N=2 W\hat A(n-1| n-1)^{(1)}$ Miura transformation. Its explicit form is obtained and is shown to have a similar structure as in the N=0 case. Both $N=0 W\hat A(n-1)^{(1)}$ and $N=2 W\hat A(n-1| n-1)^{(1)}$ Miura transformations involve $(n-1) N=0$ and N=2 conserved currents with integer conformal spins. The leading cases are discussed. Using the U(1) charge of the N=2 algebra, we develop also a new method of constructing N=2 superfield realizations of the N=2 higher spin supercurrents. Among other results, we find that in general there are three series of $(n-1)$ higher conformal spin N=2 supercurrents. The usual N=2 super $W$ currents are the only hermitian ones. At the $n=3$ level, we find a new Feigin Fuchs type extension of the conformal spin one N=2 supercurrent. Such a feature, which has no analogue at the $n=2$ level, is also present for $n>3$. Finally, we give the N=2 superfield formulation of the N=2 Boussinesq equation and its generalization involving complex N=2 supercurrents.