Supergravity

Supergravity

by Freedman, Daniel Z.

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The first-ever authoritative and systematic introduction to the fundamentals of supergravity, written by two leaders in the field.

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Supergravity.

Summary

The first-ever authoritative and systematic introduction to the fundamentals of supergravity, written by two leaders in the field.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2012.

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Notes

5.3.2 Dimensional reduction for spinor fields.

The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (627 pages)

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:1139635603, 9781139635608, 0521194016, 9780521194013
  • oclc:ocn990538333
  • LC Classification:QC174.17.S9 F735 2012
  • Dewey Decimal:530.14/23

Table of Contents

Cover; Supergravity; Our conventions; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; PART I: RELATIVISTIC FIELD THEORY INMINKOWSKI SPACETIME; 1: Scalar field theory and its symmetries; 1.1 The scalar field system; 1.2 Symmetries of the system; 1.2.1 SO(n) internal symmetry; 1.2.2 General internal symmetry; 1.2.3 Spacetime symmetries -- the Lorentz and Poincaré groups; 1.3 Noether currents and charges; 1.4 Symmetries in the canonical formalism; 1.5 Quantum operators; 1.6 The Lorentz group for D = 4; 2: The Dirac field; 2.1 The homomorphism of SL(2, C) ₂!SO(3, 1).

4.2.2 Duality for one free electromagnetic field4.2.3 Duality for gauge field and complex scalar; 4.2.4 Electromagnetic duality for coupled Maxwell fields; 4.3 Non-abelian gauge symmetry; 4.3.1 Global internal symmetry; 4.3.2 Gauging the symmetry; 4.3.3 Yang-Mills field strength and action; 4.3.4 Yang-Mills theory for G = SU(N); 4.4 Internal symmetry for Majorana spinors; 5: The free Rarita-Schwinger field; 5.1 The initial value problem; 5.2 Sources and Green's function; 5.3 Massive gravitinos from dimensional reduction; 5.3.1 Dimensional reduction for scalar fields.

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