How old supergravity is: thirty five years or more?

• Datum: 2011
• 1. Verfasser: Nurmagambetov, A.J.
• Format: Artikel
• Sprache: English
• Veröffentlicht: Національний науковий центр «Харківський фізико-технічний інститут» НАН України 2011
• Schriftenreihe: Вопросы атомной науки и техники
• Schlagworte: Ядерная физика и элементарные частицы
• Online Zugang: https://nasplib.isofts.kiev.ua/handle/123456789/111464
• Назва журналу: Digital Library of Periodicals of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
• Zitieren: How old supergravity is: thirty five years or more? / A.J. Nurmagambetov // Вопросы атомной науки и техники. — 2011. — № 5. — С. 3-6. — Бібліогр.: 17 назв. — англ.

These notes is aimed at comparing two different approaches to theory of gravity with a fermionic gauge field, which possesses the invariance under special transformations called supersymmetry. One of these approaches is the approach by Ferrara-Freedman-Nieuwenhuizen-Deser-Zumino (FFNDZ) of 1976; the other one is that of Volkov-Soroka (VS) of 1974. The analysis is based on the standard concept of realizing Supergravity as a gauge theory for the super- Poincare group. We deliberately sacrifice the rigor of the proposed consideration in compare to the pioneering papers on D=4 N=1 Supergravity to make our presentation simple as much as possible. In effect we emphasize the differences between the above mentioned approaches. We keep out of making rigorous conclusions throughout the paper, and suggest the reader to get the own answer to the question posed in the title.