Published October 1980
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Journal article
Unitarity of supergravity and Z2 or Z2 x Z2 or Z2 x Z2 x Z2 gradings of gauge and ghost fields
Creators
- 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
Additional details
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