Published October 1980 | Version v1
Journal article

Unitarity of supergravity and Z2 or Z2 x Z2 or Z2 x Z2 x Z2 gradings of gauge and ghost fields

  • 1. Institute for Theoretical Physics, State University of New York, Stony Brook, New York 11794

Description

Unitarity can be proven from the usual Z2 grading of gauge and ghost fields, or from a Z2 x Z2 grading, geometrically derived by Ne'eman and Thierry-Mieg, or from a Z2 x Z2 x Z2 grading derived here. The claim that only the Z2 x Z2 grading leads to unitarity is incorrect. The opposite is shown to hold: signs due to different gradings are physically unobservable. We show how the Z2 x Z2 grading follows from the Z2 grading by taking a product space

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
J. Math. Phys. (N.Y.)
Journal Volume
21
Journal Issue
10
Series
J. Math. Phys. (N.Y.).
Journal Page Range
2562-2566
ISSN
0022-2488

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
12578584
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
COMMUTATORS; GAUGE INVARIANCE; LAGRANGIAN FUNCTION; PROPAGATOR; SUPERGRAVITY; UNITARITY; WARD IDENTITY
Descriptors DEC
FUNCTIONS; INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; QUANTUM OPERATORS