On the formulation of D=11 supergravity and the composite nature of its three-form gauge field
- Departamento de Fisica Teorica, Universidad de Valencia and IFIC (CSIC-UVEG), 46100-Burjassot, Valencia (Spain)
- Departamento de Fisica Teorica, Universidad de Valencia and IFIC (CSIC-UVEG), 46100-Burjassot (Valencia) (Spain)
The underlying gauge group structure of the D=11 Cremmer-Julia-Scherk supergravity becomes manifest when its three-form field A{sub 3} is expressed through a set of one-form gauge fields, B1a1a2, B1a1...a5, {eta}{sub 1{alpha}}, and E{sup a}, {psi}{sup {alpha}}. These are associated with the generators of the elements of a family of enlarged supersymmetry algebras E-bar (528 vertical bar 32+32)(s) parametrized by a real number s. We study in detail the composite structure of A{sub 3} extending previous results by D'Auria and Fre, stress the equivalence of the above problem to the trivialization of a standard supersymmetry algebra E(11 vertical bar 32) cohomology four-cocycle on the enlarged E-bar (528 vertical bar 32+32)(s) superalgebras, and discuss its possible dynamical consequences. To this aim we consider the properties of the first order supergravity action with a composite A{sub 3} field and find the set of extra gauge symmetries that guarantee that the field theoretical degrees of freedom of the theory remain the same as with a fundamental A{sub 3}. The extra gauge symmetries are also present in the so-called rheonomic treatment of the first order D=11 supergravity action when A{sub 3} is composite. Our considerations on the composite structure of A{sub 3} provide one more application of the idea that there exists an extended superspace coordinates/fields correspondence. They also suggest that there is a possible embedding of D=11 supergravity into a theory defined on the enlarged superspace {sigma}-bar (528 vertical bar 32+32)(s)
- OSTI ID:
- 20690158
- Journal Information:
- Annals of Physics (New York), Vol. 317, Issue 1; Other Information: DOI: 10.1016/j.aop.2004.11.016; PII: S0003-4916(04)00227-1; Copyright (c) 2004 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0003-4916
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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