Published January 16, 1984 | Version v1
Journal article

The parallelizing S7 torsion in gauged N = 8 supergravity

  • 1. Nationaal Inst. voor Kernfysica en Hoge-Energiefysica (NIKHEF), Amsterdam (Netherlands)
  • 2. European Organization for Nuclear Research, Geneva (Switzerland)

Description

Using the parallelizing S7 torsion as an ansatz we investigate two solutions of gauged N = 8 supergravity with SO(7) invariance. Supersymmetry is uniformly broken. We calculate the masses for these solutions which are both unstable. Certain apparent discrepancies with the results obtained by spontaneous compactification of d = 11 supergravity are discussed. We establish that the compactification on the parallelized S7 has an SO(7) invariance and clarify the issue of supersymmetry breaking. The lack of stability in d = 4 indicates that this d = 11 solution is unstable. (orig.)

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Journal Title
Nucl. Phys., B
Journal Volume
231
Journal Issue
3
Series
CODEN: NUPBB.;Nucl. Phys., B.
Journal Page Range
506-532
ISSN
0550-3213

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Notes
Also published as report NIKHEF-H--83-8.