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Supergauge Independence of Witten's Gravitational Energy Expression

Stanley Deser
(
- Brandeis U.
)

Mar, 1984

3 pages

Published in:

Phys.Rev.D 30 (1984) 1392

DOI:

10.1103/PhysRevD.30.1392

Report number:

BRX-TH-157

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Abstract: (APS)

Witten's proof of positive gravitational energy involved an apparent choice of supergauge, through a constraint on the basic spinor parameter. We show that the value of the energy is, as it must be on supergravity grounds, independent of this choice.

SUPERGRAVITY
GRAVITATION: ENERGY
DEPENDENCE: GAUGE

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