JOURNAL ARTICLE

Properties of conformal supergravity

Michio KakuPaul TownsendP. van Nieuwenhuizen

Year: 1978 Journal:   Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields Vol: 17 (12)Pages: 3179-3187   Publisher: American Physical Society

Abstract

We complete our program of constructing the gauge theory of the superconformal group, and show that the previously proposed action is completely invariant under both local supersymmetries. The gauge algebra closes off-shell as well as on-shell. A flat-space model with a local supersymmetry is also presented.

Keywords:
Supergravity Physics Conformal map Supersymmetry Invariant (physics) Gauge (firearms) Mathematical physics Gauge theory Action (physics) Supersymmetry algebra Supersymmetric gauge theory Space (punctuation) Effective action Quantum electrodynamics Theoretical physics Particle physics Quantum mechanics Mathematics Geometry Computer science

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Black Holes and Theoretical Physics
Physical Sciences →  Physics and Astronomy →  Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Cosmology and Gravitation Theories
Physical Sciences →  Physics and Astronomy →  Astronomy and Astrophysics
Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories
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