Semirigid supergravity

Jan, 1991
9 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Rev.Lett. 66 (1991) 1955-1958
Report number:
  • UPR-0461T,
  • PUPT-1231

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Abstract: (APS)
We formulate two-dimensional topological gravity starting from local N=2 superconformal geometry. The theory is free from the very beginning. The usual ‘‘twisting’’ of the N=2 algebra emerges from symmetry breaking when we expand about a nonzero value for one of the ghost fields. The mysterious linear term in the supercurrent emerges automatically, as does a full superfield formalism for the whole system including ghosts. We analyze the moduli space of the ‘‘semirigid’’ super Riemann surfaces associated with this theory, including their allowed degenerations.
  • gravitation
  • field theory: topological
  • dimension: 2
  • supersymmetry: superfield
  • supergravity: conformal
  • Riemann surface: moduli space
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