Rarita-Schwinger Potentials in Quantum Cosmology

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dc.creatorEsposito, G.
dc.creatorGionti, G.
dc.creatorKamenshchik, A. Yu.
dc.creatorMishakov, I. V.
dc.creatorPollifrone, G.
dc.date1995-04-10
dc.date1996-06-03
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T08:59:28Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T08:59:28Z
dc.descriptionThis paper studies the two-spinor form of the Rarita-Schwinger potentials subject to local boundary conditions compatible with local supersymmetry. The massless Rarita-Schwinger field equations are studied in four-real-dimensional Riemannian backgrounds with boundary. Gauge transformations on the potentials are shown to be compatible with the field equations providing the background is Ricci-flat, in agreement with previous results in the literature. However, the preservation of boundary conditions under such gauge transformations leads to a restriction of the gauge freedom. The recent construction by Penrose of secondary potentials which supplement the Rarita-Schwinger potentials is then applied. The equations for the secondary potentials, jointly with the boundary conditions, imply that the background four-geometry is further restricted to be totally flat.
dc.description23 pages, plain TeX, no figures. The paper has been completely revised
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9504013
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9504013
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/147722
dc.subjectGeneral Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
dc.titleRarita-Schwinger Potentials in Quantum Cosmology
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