Boundary conditions in supergravity on a manifold with boundary
High Energy Physics - Theory
2009-11-11 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Mathematical Physics
math.MP
Abstract
We explain why it is necessary to use boundary conditions in the proof of supersymmetry of a supergravity action on a manifold with boundary. Working in both boundary (``downstairs'') and orbifold (``upstairs'') pictures, we present a bulk-plus-boundary/brane action for the five-dimensional (on-shell) supergravity which is supersymmetric with the use of fewer boundary conditions than were previously employed. The required Gibbons-Hawking-like Y-term and many other aspects of the boundary/orbifold picture correspondence are discussed.
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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0509172,
title = {Boundary conditions in supergravity on a manifold with boundary},
author = {Dmitry V. Belyaev},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0509172},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
60 pages. JHEP format. References and clarifications added. To be published in JHEP