Published January 28, 1982
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Journal article
N=8 supergravity with local SO(8) x SU(8) invariance
Creators
- 1. Nationaal Inst. voor Kernfysica en Hoge-Energiefysica (NIKHEF), Amsterdam (Netherlands)
- 2. European Organization for Nuclear Research, Geneva (Switzerland)
Description
We present an extension of N = 8 supergravity in which the natural symmetry group SO(8) is gauged. Local SO(8) invariance is shown to be consistent with the dynamically realized SU(8) symmetry. We mention possible implications of this result for superunification. (orig.)
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Phys. Lett., B
- Journal Volume
- 108
- Journal Issue
- 4/5
- Series
- Phys. Lett., B.
- Journal Page Range
- 285-290
- ISSN
- 0370-2693
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Netherlands
- Country of Input or Organization
- Netherlands
- INIS RN
- 13669795
- Subject category
- S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- GAUGE INVARIANCE; LOCALITY; SO GROUPS; SU-8 GROUPS; SUPERGRAVITY; UNIFIED GAUGE MODELS
- Descriptors DEC
- FIELD THEORIES; INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES; LIE GROUPS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICLE MODELS; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; SU GROUPS; SYMMETRY GROUPS