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Definition of Chern-Simons Terms in Thermal QED_3 Revisited
S. Deser, L. Griguolo, D. Seminara
We present two compact derivations of the correct definition of the Chern-Simons term in the topologically non trivial context of thermal . One is based on a transgression d…
Hamiltonian Electric/Magnetic Duality and Lorentz Invariance
S. Deser, O. Sarioglu
In (3+1) Hamiltonian form, the conditions for the electric/magnetic invariance of generic self-interacting gauge vector actions and the definition of the duality generator are obvi…
Uniqueness of D=11 Supergravity
S. Deser
We study the extent to which D=11 supergravity can be deformed and show in two very different ways that, unlike lower D versions, it forbids an extension with cosmological constant…
Accelerated Detectors and Temperature in (Anti) de Sitter Spaces
S. Deser, Orit Levin
We show, in complete accord with the usual Rindler picture, that detectors with constant acceleration in de Sitter (dS) and Anti de Sitter (AdS) spaces with cosmological consta…
Gauge Invariance, Finite Temperature and Parity Anomaly in D=3
S. Deser, L. Griguolo, D. Seminara
The effective gauge field actions generated by charged fermions in and can be made invariant under both small and large gauge transformations at any temperature by…
No Cosmological D=11 Supergravity
K. Bautier, S. Deser, M. Henneaux +1
We show, in two complementary ways, that D=11 supergravity---in contrast to all its lower dimensional versions---forbids a cosmological extension. First, we linearize the putative…