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We study some algebraic properties of the vector supersymmetry (VSUSY) algebra, a graded extension of the four-dimensional Poincare algebra with two odd generators, a vector and a scalar, and two central charges. The anticommutator between the two odd generators gives the four-momentum operator, from which the name vector supersymmetry. We construct the Casimir operators for this algebra and we show how both algebra and Casimirs can be derived by contraction from the simple orthosymplectic algebra OSp(3,2|2). In particular, we construct the analogue of superspin for vector supersymmetry and we show that, due to the algebraic structure of the Casimirs, the multiplets are either doublets of spin (s,s+1) or two spin 1/2 states. Finally, we identify an odd operator, which is an invariant in a subclass of representations where a BPS-like algebraic relation between the mass and the values of the central charges is satisfied.
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We present a simple derivation of vector supersymmetry transformations for topological field theories of Schwarz- and Witten-type. Our method is similar to the derivation of BRST-transformations from the so-called horizontality conditions or Russian
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We clarify certain aspects of instanton operators in five-dimensional supersymmetric gauge theories. In particular, we show how, in the pointlike limit, they become supersymmetric and provide the natural bridge with the instantonic states contributin