Local fractional supersymmetry for alternative statistics

A group theory justification of one-dimensional fractional supersymmetry is proposed using an analog of a coset space, just like the one introduced in 1-D supersymmetry. This theory is then gauged to obtain a local fractional supersymmetry, i.e. a fractional supergravity which is then quantized a la Dirac to obtain an equation of motion for a particle which is in a representation of the braid group and should describe alternative statistics. A formulation invariant under general reparametrization is given by means of a curved fractional superline.