Supergravity and Square Roots of Constraints

Claudio Teitelboim
Phys. Rev. Lett. 38, 1106 – Published 16 May 1977
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Abstract

The algebra of the weakly vanishing Hamiltonian generators of localized translations, rotations, and supersymmetry transformations of supergravity theory is found. I argue that supergravity is the square root of ordinary general relativity in the same way as the Dirac equation is the square root of the Klein-Gordon equation and the Ramond-Neveu-Schwarz model is the square root of the spinless string.

  • Received 2 March 1977

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.38.1106

©1977 American Physical Society

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Claudio Teitelboim

  • Joseph Henry Laboratories, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08540

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Vol. 38, Iss. 20 — 16 May 1977

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