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Diffeomorphism Invariant Theories and Vector Supersymmetry

High Energy Physics - Theory 2007-05-23 v1 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

Einstein gravity in the Palatini first order formalism is shown to possess a vector supersymmetry of the type encountered in the topological gauge theories. A peculiar feature of the gravitationel theory is the link of this vector supersymmetry with the field equation of motion of the Faddeev-Popov ghost associated to diffeomorphism invariance.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0010053,
  title  = {Diffeomorphism Invariant Theories and Vector Supersymmetry},
  author = {Olivier Piguet},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0010053},
  year   = {2007}
}

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9 pages, LaTex. Talk given at the International Conference "Quantization, Gauge Theory, and Strings" dedicated to the memory of Professor Efim Fradkin, Moscow, 2000