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Local supersymmetry in superspace

Journal Article · · Phys. Rev., D; (United States)

Supersymmetric Yang-Mills and gravitational theories are formulated in terms of connections on superspace. The anticommutator of the spinor components of the connections are constrained. This gives the usual supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory and a formulation of supergravity in terms of a gauge phase factor. Supergauge invariance is used to reduce the phase factor to Wess-Zumino form, leaving the local supersymmetry algebra which agrees with the transformations of Breitenlohner.

Research Organization:
Lyman Laboratory of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138
OSTI ID:
6796855
Journal Information:
Phys. Rev., D; (United States), Journal Name: Phys. Rev., D; (United States) Vol. 18:8; ISSN PRVDA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English