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3D Newton-Cartan supergravity

Authors :
Jan Rosseel
Ergin Sezgin
Eric Bergshoeff
Roel Andringa
High-Energy Frontier
Source :
Classical and Quantum Gravity, 30(20):205005. IOP PUBLISHING LTD
Publication Year :
2013

Abstract

We construct a supersymmetric extension of three-dimensional Newton-Cartan gravity by gauging a super-Bargmann algebra. In order to obtain a non-trivial supersymmetric extension of the Bargmann algebra one needs at least two supersymmetries leading to a N = 2 super-Bargmann algebra. Due to the fact that there is a universal Newtonian time, only one of the two supersymmetries can be gauged. The other supersymmetry is realized as a fermionic Stueckelberg symmetry and only survives as a global supersymmetry. We explicitly show how, in the frame of a Galilean observer, the system reduces to a supersymmetric extension of the Newton potential. The corresponding supersymmetry rules can only be defined, provided we also introduce a 'dual Newton potential'. We comment on the four-dimensional case.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
02649381
Volume :
30
Issue :
20
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Classical and Quantum Gravity
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....9467449103c6c43846e7f277ecb07667