Diffeomorphism Invariant Theories and Vector Supersymmetry
Abstract
Description
Einstein gravity in the Palatini first order formalism is shown to possess a vector supersymmetry of the type encountered in the topological gauge theories. A peculiar feature of the gravitationel theory is the link of this vector supersymmetry with the field equation of motion of the Faddeev-Popov ghost associated to diffeomorphism invariance.
9 pages, LaTex. Talk given at the International Conference "Quantization, Gauge Theory, and Strings" dedicated to the memory of Professor Efim Fradkin, Moscow, 2000
9 pages, LaTex. Talk given at the International Conference "Quantization, Gauge Theory, and Strings" dedicated to the memory of Professor Efim Fradkin, Moscow, 2000