Published November 22, 1984 | Version v1
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Positive energy and the scalar potential in higher dimensional (super) gravity theories

Creators

  • 1. Cambridge Univ. (UK). Dept. of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics

Description

We consider, for spacetimes of arbitrary dimension, the general two-derivative gravity plus scalar field theory allowing anti-de Sitter space as a solution. We study the restrictions on the scalar field potential required by positivity of the energy. In particular, we rederive the perturbative stability criterion. Applied to the d = 5 gauged Maxwell/Einstein supergravity theory our results demonstrate the stability of the supersymmetric (adS)5 ground state. (orig.)

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Phys. Lett., B
Journal Volume
148
Journal Issue
1-3
Series
CODEN: PYLBA.;Phys. Lett., B.
Journal Page Range
55-59
ISSN
0370-2693

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
Netherlands
INIS RN
16015503
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
ANALYTICAL SOLUTION; EINSTEIN FIELD EQUATIONS; GRAVITATIONAL FIELDS; GROUND STATES; LAGRANGIAN FIELD THEORY; MANY-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS; METRICS; PERTURBATION THEORY; POTENTIALS; SCALAR FIELDS; SPACE-TIME; STABILITY; SUPERGRAVITY
Descriptors DEC
ENERGY LEVELS; EQUATIONS; FIELD EQUATIONS; FIELD THEORIES; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; UNIFIED-FIELD THEORIES