Eleven dimensional supergravity as a constrained topological field theory
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چکیده
We describe a new first-order formulation of D = 11 supergravity which shows that that theory can be understood to arise from a certain topological field theory by the imposition of a set of local constraints on the fields, plus a lagrange multiplier term. The topological field theory is of interest as the algebra of its constraints realizes the D = 11 supersymmetry algebra with central charges. ∗email:† [email protected], ∗ [email protected]
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