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Massive 3D Supergravity

High Energy Physics - Theory 2010-01-06 v3

Abstract

We construct the N=1 three-dimensional supergravity theory with cosmological, Einstein-Hilbert, Lorentz Chern-Simons, and general curvature squared terms. We determine the general supersymmetric configuration, and find a family of supersymmetric adS vacua with the supersymmetric Minkowski vacuum as a limiting case. Linearizing about the Minkowski vacuum, we find three classes of unitary theories; one is the supersymmetric extension of the recently discovered `massive 3D gravity'. Another is a `new topologically massive supergravity' (with no Einstein-Hilbert term) that propagates a single (2,3/2) helicity supermultiplet.

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Cite

@article{arxiv.0907.4658,
  title  = {Massive 3D Supergravity},
  author = {Roel Andringa and Eric A. Bergshoeff and Mees de Roo and Olaf Hohm and Ergin Sezgin and Paul K. Townsend},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0907.4658},
  year   = {2010}
}

Comments

39 pages, 2 figures; v2: minor corrections, refs. added; v3: version to appear in CQG

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