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Four-dimensional topological Einstein-Maxwell gravity

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-11-07 v2 Differential Geometry

Abstract

The complete on-shell action of topological Einstein-Maxwell gravity in four-dimensions is presented. It is shown explicitly how this theory for SU(2) holonomy manifolds arises from four-dimensional Euclidean N=2 supergravity. The twisted local BRST symmetries and twisted local Lorentz symmetries are given and the action and stress tensor are shown to be BRST-exact. A set of BRST-invariant topological operators is given. The vector and antisymmetric tensor twisted supersymmetries and their algebra are also found.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0209115,
  title  = {Four-dimensional topological Einstein-Maxwell gravity},
  author = {P. de Medeiros and B. Spence},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0209115},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

Published version. Expanded discussion of new results in the introduction and some clarifying remarks added in later sections. 22 pages, uses phyzzx