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1 - Introduction to general relativity 1: Kinematics and Einstein equations

from Part I - Formalism

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 November 2024

Horatiu Nastase
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Universidade Estadual Paulista, São Paulo
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After an introduction to general relativity and supersymmetry, the formalism of supergravity is defined, on-shell, off-shell, and in superspace, using coset theory and local superspace. Higher dimensions, extended susy, and KK reduction are also defined. Then, various applications are described: dualities and solution-generating techniques, solutions and their susy algebra, gravity duals and deformations, supergravity on the string worldsheet and superembeddings, cosmological inflation, no-go theorems and Witten’s positive energy theorem, compactification of low-energy string theory and toward embedding the Standard Model using supergravity, susy breaking and minimal supergravity.

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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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