Progress toward a theory of supergravity

Daniel Z. Freedman, P. van Nieuwenhuizen, and S. Ferrara
Phys. Rev. D 13, 3214 – Published 15 June 1976
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Abstract

As a new approach to supergravity, an action containing only vierbein and Rarita-Schwinger fields (Vaμ and ψμ) is presented together with supersymmetry transformations for these fields. The action is explicitly shown to be invariant except for a ψ5 term in its variation. This term may also vanish, depending on a complicated calculation. (Added note: This term has now been shown to vanish by a computer calculation, so that the action presented here does possess full local supersymmetry.)

  • Received 29 March 1976

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.13.3214

©1976 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

Daniel Z. Freedman and P. van Nieuwenhuizen

  • Institute for Theoretical Physics, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, New York 11794

S. Ferrara

  • Laboratoire de Physique Théorique de l'Ecole Normale Supérieure, 24 rue Lhomond, 75231 Paris Cedex 05, France

Comments & Replies

Supergravity with axial-gauge invariance

Daniel Z. Freedman
Phys. Rev. D 15, 1173 (1977)

Difficulties with the S matrix in supergravity

W. Becker and D. Grosser
Phys. Rev. D 18, 611 (1978)

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Vol. 13, Iss. 12 — 15 June 1976

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