Abstract:
The hidden symmetry transformations that generate via Noether's theorem conserved
currents for two-dimensional supersymmetric nonlinear sigma models are considered.
The group structure of these transformations is investigated, and it is shown that the
generators with positive and with negative index (each separately) form infinite closed
Lie algebras isomorphic to the algebra $\widetilde{\mathscr G}\otimes F(t)$ where $\widetilde{\mathscr G}$ is the Lie algebra of the subgroup $\widetilde G$, that leaves the
initial data invariant and $F(t)$ is the class of rational functions. For the principal chiral superficial, it is shown that the maximal closed Lie algebra of the hidden symmetry transformations is isomorphic to the algebra $\mathscr G\otimes P(t,1/t)\oplus\mathscr G$, where $P(t, 1/t)$ are Laurent polynomials.