Published August 1, 1977
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Journal article
Supergravity has positive energy
Creators
- 1. Department of Physics, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts 02154
Description
We show that the total energy in supergravity theory is nonnegative. The derivation is based on the fact that for bounded systems the Hamiltonian operator is the square of the spinor supercharge just as for globally supersymmetries systems. The result holds for any of the pure, matter-coupled, or extended versions of supergravity, except those with cosmological term for which the concept of total energy does not exist
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Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Physical Review Letters
- Journal Volume
- 39
- Journal Issue
- 5
- Series
- Phys. Rev. Lett.
- Journal Page Range
- 249-252
- ISSN
- 0031-9007
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 9350497
- Subject category
- S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- GAUGE INVARIANCE; GENERAL RELATIVITY THEORY; GRAVITATION; HAMILTONIANS; POINCARE GROUPS; SPINORS
- Descriptors DEC
- FIELD THEORIES; INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES; LIE GROUPS; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; QUANTUM OPERATORS; SYMMETRY GROUPS
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