Supersymmetry reduction ofN-extended supergravities in four dimensions
Author(s) -
Laura Andrianopoli,
Riccardo D’Auria,
S. Ferrara
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
journal of high energy physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.998
H-Index - 261
eISSN - 1126-6708
pISSN - 1029-8479
DOI - 10.1088/1126-6708/2002/03/025
Subject(s) - superstring theory , truncation (statistics) , reduction (mathematics) , gravitino , dimensional reduction , supersymmetry , physics , embedding , theoretical physics , mathematical physics , particle physics , mathematics , supergravity , computer science , geometry , statistics , artificial intelligence
We consider the possible consistent truncation of N-extended supergravitiesto lower N' theories. The truncation, unlike the case of N-extended rigidtheories, is non trivial and only in some cases it is sufficient just to deletethe extra N-N' gravitino multiplets. We explore different cases (starting withN=8 down to N'\geq 2) where the reduction implies restrictions on the mattersector. We perform a detailed analysis of the interesting case N=2 \to N=1.This analysis finds applications in different contexts of superstring andM-theory dynamics.Comment: Version published on JHE
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