Published February 1996 | Version v1
Journal article

Supergravity as gauge theory and the Ashtekar formulation

  • 1. Instituto de Fisica de la Universidad de Guanajuato, P.O. Box E-143, 37150, Leon, Gto. (Mexico)
  • 2. Escuela de Ciencias Fisico-Matematicas de la Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolas de Hidalgo, P.O. Box 749, 58000, Morelia, Michoacan (Mexico)
  • 3. Depto. de Fisica, Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana-Iztapalapa P.O. Box 55-534, 09340, D.F., Mexico (Mexico)

Description

We extend the quadratic action of MacDowell-Mansouri for supergravity to the self-dual case. We show that the Jacobson close-quote s action for supergravity of the Ashtekar formulation arises naturally from our proposed action. copyright 1996 American Institute of Physics

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
AIP Conference Proceedings
Journal Volume
359
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 521-524.
ISSN
0094-243X
CODEN
APCPCS

Conference

Title
Workshop on particles and fields and phenomenology of fundamental interactions.
Dates
Nov 1995.
Place
Puebla (Mexico).

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
28015295
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
ACTION INTEGRAL; GAUGE INVARIANCE; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; SUPERGRAVITY; TOPOLOGY
Descriptors DEC
FIELD THEORIES; INTEGRALS; INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES; MATHEMATICS; UNIFIED-FIELD THEORIES

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Secondary number(s)
CONF-9511225--.