Published August 16, 1984 | Version v1
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Stability of gauged d=7 supergravity and the definition of masslessness in (adS)7

Creators

  • 1. Texas Univ., Austin (USA). Dept. of Physics
  • 2. State Univ. of New York, Stony Brook (USA). Inst. for Theoretical Physics

Description

We analyze the two parameter scalar potential of the gauged d = 7 simple (N = 2) supergravity theory. The potential has a local minimum and a local maximum. The latter provides a supersymmetric anti-deSitter background which we show to be stable with respect to arbitrarily large fluctuations of the gravitational and scalar fields. The 'apparent mass terms' agree with those obtained by a Kaluza-Klein analysis of the N = 4, d = 7 theory. (orig.)

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Phys. Lett., B
Journal Volume
143
Journal Issue
4-6
Series
CODEN: PYLBA.;Phys. Lett., B.
Journal Page Range
384-388
ISSN
0370-2693

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
Netherlands
INIS RN
15070666
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
FLUCTUATIONS; GRAVITATIONAL FIELDS; GROUND STATES; MANY-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS; MASSLESS PARTICLES; METRICS; POTENTIALS; REST MASS; SCALAR FIELDS; STABILITY; SUPERGRAVITY; SUPERSYMMETRY; UNIFIED GAUGE MODELS
Descriptors DEC
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; ENERGY LEVELS; FIELD THEORIES; MASS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICLE MODELS; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; SYMMETRY; UNIFIED-FIELD THEORIES; VARIATIONS

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Contract/Grant/Project number
Contract NSF PHY 8304629