Supersymmetry and parastatistics

An analysis is made of the supersymmetry of parafields in Wess-Zumino-type models with two cases in which parabosons and parafermions form a supermultiplet. In case one the symmetry is realized by either the normal superalgebra or an infinite Lie algebra as in ordinary supersymmetry. In case two the infinite Lie algebra is intrinsic to the supersymmetry. With appropriate symmetry breaking, formulations of these types may be used to explain the generation problem by postulating unobserved parabosons as supersymmetric partners. The relevance to these models of an infinite Lie algebra constructed from supersymmetry is mentioned.Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/25130/1/0000563.pd