First-order higher curvature supergravities and effective theories of strings

Journal Article · Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 EST 1987 · Ann. Phys. (N.Y.); (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/0003-4916(87)90057-1· OSTI ID:6631816

Ferrara, S; Fre, P; Porrati, M

A first-order formulation of higher curvature supergravities in the group manifold approach leads to non-trivial torsion equations. In second-order form the resulting Lagrangians exhibit a non-polynomial structure in the curvatures of the basic fields, as well as in the supersymmetry variations. The relevance of these results for the search of superstring compactification is pointed out. The Chapline--Manton Lagrangian is recovered in first-order form and the supersymmetric completion of Chern--Simons terms in five and ten dimensions is considered. copyright 1987 Academic Press, Inc.

• Research Organization: Department of Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90024
• OSTI ID: 6631816
• Journal Information: Ann. Phys. (N.Y.); (United States), Vol. 175:1
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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