Published November 29, 1982
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Journal article
N=8 supergravity
Creators
- 1. Nationaal Inst. voor Kernfysica en Hoge-Energiefysica (NIKHEF), Amsterdam (Netherlands)
- 2. European Organization for Nuclear Research, Geneva (Switzerland)
Description
The complete structure of N = 8 supergravity is presented with an optional local SO(8) invariance. The SO(8) gauge interactions break E7 invariance, but leave the local SU(8) unaffected. Exploiting E7 x SU(8) invariance and using explicit lowest order results, we first derive the complete action and transformation laws. Subsequently, we introduce local SO(8) invariance and prove the consistency of the theory. Possible implications of our results are discussed. (orig.)
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Nucl. Phys., B
- Journal Volume
- 208
- Journal Issue
- 2
- Series
- CODEN: NUPBB.;Nucl. Phys., B.
- Journal Page Range
- 323-364
- ISSN
- 0550-3213
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Netherlands
- Country of Input or Organization
- Netherlands
- INIS RN
- 14743655
- Subject category
- S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- DUALITY; GAUGE INVARIANCE; SO GROUPS; SU-8 GROUPS; SUPERGRAVITY; SYMMETRY BREAKING
- Descriptors DEC
- INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES; LIE GROUPS; SU GROUPS; SYMMETRY GROUPS
Optional Information
- Notes
- With 49 refs.