Showing papers on "Higher-dimensional supergravity published in 1989"
TL;DR: In this paper, duality invariance of the supergravity action restricts the Kahler potential and the superpotential and connects them to the theory of modular forms, which has relevance in string-induced supergravity for those scalar fields which are moduli of the underlying string compactification.
253 citations
TL;DR: In this article, it was shown that the N expected supergravity theories in d = 2+1 dimensions can be expressed as Chern-Simons terms of the N-extended super-Poincare group for any N, and discussed the connection with a previously proposed formulation of the (itp, q) antide Sitter super gravity theories.
135 citations
TL;DR: The connection between the dual spinor model and supersymmetric Yang-Mills theories was studied in this article, where it was shown that in the low-energy region, the dual-spinor model yields a supersymmemic Yang-mills theory with O(4) internal symmetry.
Abstract: We study the connection between the dual spinor model and supersymmetry. We show that in the low-energy region, the dual spinor model yields a supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory with O(4) internal symmetry and a supergravity theory with O(4) internal symmetry.
133 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, a prototype of a type-II superstring compactified on a (2,2) superconformal field theory is presented. But the prototype is not a superstring with a standard N=2 supergravity form.
Abstract: As a prototype of a type-II superstring compactified on a (2,2) superconformal field theory, the authors give the explicit expression of the SU(3)-invariant reduction of 10D, type-IIA supergravity to D=4 dimensions. It is shown, as expected from general arguments, that this Lagrangian has a standard N=2 supergravity form as dictated by the N=2 tensor calculus.
83 citations
TL;DR: The classical equivalence between the Lagrangians of massless spinning and supersymmetrical particles presented in terms of Weyl spinor variables is established in this paper, where it is shown that the condition of the inverse Higgs effect for a spinor invariant superform leads to the extension of the Penrose representation and the realization of fermionic string variables.
Abstract: The classical equivalence between the Lagrangians of massless spinning and supersymmetrical particles presented in terms of u
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and Grassmannian θ
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Weyl spinor variables is established. It is shown that the condition of the inverse Higgs effect for a spinor invariant superform leads to the extension of the Penrose representation and the realization of fermionic string variables in terms of superstring variables. New superfield formulations of the actions for particles and strings invariant under local (world-sheet) and global (spacetime) supersymmetrics are suggested.
59 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the authors derived the gravitational multiplets of new minimal Poincare supergravity and obtained a tensor calculus which allows us to compute general matter couplings in arbitrary R-symmetric supergravity theories.
58 citations
TL;DR: In this article, a complete off-shell structure for d = 2, N = 4 supergravity is given, and a minimal offshell (8+8) component representation is derived from an appropriately constrained supergeometry.
48 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, real scalar fields form a set of auxiliary fields for d = 2, N-extended Poincare supergravity and supergravity does not need any auxiliary fields.
29 citations
TL;DR: The solution of the superspace Bianchi identities for N = 1 supergravity with a Lorentz Chern-Simons form is obtained using a particular set of constraints that has been shown to be particularly advantageous for loop calculations in the Green-Schwarz superstring σ -model as mentioned in this paper.
28 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the most general coupling of a linear multiplet to new minimal supergravity is presented both in superfields and in component fields, and a duality transformation is performed to an equivalent theory involving the coupling of chiral multiplets to new maximal supergravity.
15 citations
TL;DR: In this article, a two-form pseudoscalar B' was employed in place of B' to produce a version of on-shell D=4, N=4 superspace supergravity with SU(4) symmetry using the Chern-Simons forms associated with the six spin-1 fields of supergravity.
Abstract: We employ a gauge two-form $B_{\underline{ab}} $ in place of the pseudoscalar B' to produce a version of on-shell D=4, N=4 superspace supergravity with SU(4) symmetry The replacement is accomplished using the Chern-Simons forms associated with the six spin-1 fields of N=4 supergravity Finally, a Green-Schwarz action is presented and the relation of the theory to the N=4, D=4 heterotic string is exhibited
TL;DR: In this paper, two further versions of d=11 supergravity were constructed in a form where the SO(1,10) local Lorentz group was replaced by SO( 1,4*USp(8) and SO( 5*SO(5)*SO (5)), respectively.
Abstract: Extending previous results, the authors construct two further versions of d=11 supergravity. The transformation laws are given in a form where the SO(1,10) local Lorentz group is replaced by SO(1,4)*USp(8) and SO(1,5)*(SO(5)*SO(5)), respectively. The spinless fields are assigned to the corresponding representations of E6(+6) and E5(+5).
TL;DR: The D=2 + 1 super ISO(2, 1) gauge theory is constructed in this article, which is exactly soluble at classical and quantum levels and is equivalent to D = 2 + 1 minimal supergravity on shell.
TL;DR: In this article, the covariant Hamiltonian formalism for higher curvature supergravity in D = 5 dimensions was proposed. But the covariance of the covariants was not considered.
Abstract: Starting from a first-order Lagrangian formulation of higher curvature supergravity in D=5 dimensions the authors construct the covariant Hamiltonian formalism on the group manifold. They write the primary constraints and the total Hamiltonian of the theory as a first-class dynamical quantity. They also analyse the consistency conditions for the constraints which lead to the field equations of motion. If one does not pay attention to the dimension, it is possible to see how the higher curvature supergravity in Hamiltonian form can be related to sectors of effective superstring theories.
TL;DR: Using Weyl transformation in superspace, the authors proved that the noncanonical version of D = 10, N = 1 supergravity based on geometrical constraints obtained by Chau and Milewski, is equivalent on-shell to the canonical formulation.
TL;DR: In this paper, it was shown that supersymmetric coupling leads to a non-geodesic motion law for spin-1/2 matter in a background of N = 1 supergravity.
Abstract: The present work deals with the classical behaviour of matter represented by chiral multiplets in a background of N=1 supergravity. The WKB method is used. It is shown that supersymmetric coupling leads, at the lowest order, to a non-geodesic motion law for spin-1/2 matter. This result permits the authors to establish physical differences with respect to gravitational theories with minimal coupled matter Lagrangians. Deviations from the Newton law are found, allowing them to speculate about low-energy effects for testing supergravity.
01 Jan 1989
TL;DR: Despite their different statistics, supersymmetry [1,2] puts bosons and fermions in the same multiplet This has opened up the possibilities of some remarkably elegant ideas in theoretical physics Perhaps that in itself is good enough a motivation to explore the possible structure and implications of such a fundamental symmetry as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: Despite their different statistics, supersymmetry [1,2] puts bosons and fermions in the same multiplet This has opened up the possibilities of some remarkably elegant ideas in theoretical physics Perhaps that in itself is good enough a motivation to explore the possible structure and implications of such a fundamental symmetry
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TL;DR: A superfield calculation of the one-loop counterterms in the Wess-Zumino model on the background of nonminimal {ital N}=1 supergravity is performed, and the question of the multiplicative renormalizability of the given theory is considered as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: A superfield calculation of the one-loop counterterms in the Wess--Zumino model on the background of nonminimal {ital N}=1 supergravity is performed, and the question of the multiplicative renormalizability of the given theory is considered.
TL;DR: The supersymmetry and α-symmetry of the complete Lagrangian of pure d = 6 N = 4b supergravity were proved in this paper, where the Lagrangians were shown to be complete.
Abstract: The supersymmetry and α-symmetry of the complete Lagrangian of pure d = 6 N = 4b supergravity are proved.
TL;DR: In this article, the spinning membrane is formulated with manifest world-volume supersymmetry by adding an extra scalar multiplet, and the three-dimensional superconformal transformations are constructed.
Abstract: The spinning membrane is formulated with manifest world-volume supersymmetry by introducing an extra scalar multiplet. The three-dimensional superconformal transformations are constructed. Prepotentials are found for the three-dimensional supergravity, and the linearized theory is quantized via the Fadeev-Popov procedure. The superspace formulation of N=2 supergravity in three dimensions is derived. An appendix gives a general procedure for deriving density projectors which project superspace actions down to components in any number of dimensions.
01 Jun 1989
01 Jan 1989
TL;DR: A survey of spinor fields in three-dimensional Riemannian manifolds can be found in this paper, where a systematic treatment is given, independent of the metric signature, since there exists a fairly general structure associated with unitary spinors.
Abstract: A survey is given of the structure and applications of spinor fields in three-dimensional (pseudo-) Riemannian manifolds. A systematic treatment, independent of the metric signature, is possible since there exists a fairly general structure, to be associated with unitary spinors, which encompasses all but the reality properties. The discussion begins with the algebraic and analytic properties of unitary spinors, the Ricci identities and curvature spinor, followed by the spinor adjungation as space reflection, and the SU(2) and SU(l,l) spin coefficients with some applications. The rapidly increasing range of applications includes space-times with Killing symmetries, the initial-value formulation, positivity theorems on gravitational energy and topologically massive gauge theories.
TL;DR: In this paper, the algebra of constraints of complex self-dual supergravity is considered and two fermion-boson brackets are obtained and in accordance with the Jacobi identities a closure of these brackets is sufficient to prove the algebra closure.
Abstract: The algebra of constraints of complex self-dual supergravity is considered. Two fermion-boson brackets are obtained and in accordance with the Jacobi identities a closure of these brackets is sufficient to prove the algebra closure.