Symplectic gaugings and the field-antifield formalism

F. Coomans; J. De Rydt; A. Van Proeyen

doi:10.1002/prop.201100006

Symplectic gaugings and the field-antifield formalism

F. Coomans^*, J. De Rydt, A. Van Proeyen

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Abstract

We give an example of how conventional gauging methods obstruct a systematic analysis of gauged supergravities. We discuss how the embedding tensor formalism deals with these problems and argue that the gauge algebra related to the embedding tensor formalism is soft, open and reducible. We connect the embedding tensor formalism to the field-antifield (or Batalin-Vilkovisky) formalism, which is the most general formulation known for gauge theories.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	658-664
Number of pages	7
Journal	Fortschritte der Physik
Volume	59
Issue number	7-8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/prop.201100006
Publication status	Published - 1 Jul 2011
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Classification of supergravities.
Gauged supergravities

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Symplectic gaugings and the field-antifield formalism

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