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Dynamical Implementation of the Constraints in Conformal Gravity
L. Andrianopoli, R. D'Auria, G. Grosso +1
We propose a first-order geometric Lagrangian for four-dimensional conformal gravity within the Cartan formulation, which yields, dynamically, the standard constraints on the field…
Supergravity in the Geometric Approach and its Hidden Graded Lie Algebra
Laura Andrianopoli, Riccardo D'Auria
In this contribution, we present the geometric approach to supergravity. In the first part, we discuss in some detail the peculiarities of the approach and apply the formalism to t…
Unconventional Supersymmetry at the Boundary of AdS_4 Supergravity
L. Andrianopoli, B. L. Cerchiai, R. D'Auria +1
In this paper we perform, in the spirit of the holographic correspondence, a particular asymptotic limit of N=2, AdS_4 supergravity to N=2 supergravity on a locally AdS_3 boundary.…
More on the Hidden Symmetries of 11D Supergravity
L. Andrianopoli, R. D'Auria, L. Ravera
In this paper we clarify the relations occurring among the osp(1|32) algebra, the M-algebra and the hidden superalgebra underlying the Free Differential Algebra of D=11 supergravit…
A Note on the Field-Theoretical Description of Superfluids
L. Andrianopoli, R. D'Auria, P. A. Grassi +1
Recently, a Lagrangian description of superfluids attracted some interest from the fluid/gravity-correspondence viewpoint. In this respect, the work of Dubovksy et al. has proposed…
Entropy Current Formalism for Supersymmetric Theories
L. Andrianopoli, R. D'Auria, P. A. Grassi +1
The recent developments in fluid/gravity correspondence give a new impulse to the study of fluid dynamics of supersymmetric theories. In that respect, the entropy current formalism…
Fake Superpotential for Large and Small Extremal Black Holes
L. Andrianopoli, R. D'Auria, S. Ferrara +1
We consider the fist order, gradient-flow, description of the scalar fields coupled to spherically symmetric, asymptotically flat black holes in extended supergravities. Using the…
First Order Description of D=4 static Black Holes and the Hamilton-Jacobi equation
L. Andrianopoli, R. D'Auria, E. Orazi +1
In this note we discuss the application of the Hamilton-Jacobi formalism to the first order description of four dimensional spherically symmetric and static black holes. In particu…
Spontaneously broken supergravity: Old and new facts
R. D'Auria, S. Ferrara, M. Trigiante
We report on some recent investigations of the structure of the four dimensional gauged supergravity Lagrangian which emerges from flux and Scherk-Schwarz compactifications in high…
Curvatures and potential of M-theory in D=4 with fluxes and twist
R. D'Auria, S. Ferrara, M. Trigiante
We give the curvatures of the free differential algebra (FDA) of M--theory compactified to D=4 on a twisted seven--torus with the 4--form flux switched on. Two formulations are giv…
E_{7(7)} symmetry and dual gauge algebra of M-theory on a twisted seven-torus
R. D'Auria, S. Ferrara, M. Trigiante
We consider M-theory compactified on a twisted 7-torus with fluxes when all the seven antisymmetric tensor fields in four dimensions have been dualized into scalars and thus the E_…
Gauging the Heisenberg algebra of special quaternionic manifolds
R. D'Auria, S. Ferrara, M. Trigiante +1
We show that in N=2 supergravity, with a special quaternionic manifold of (quaternionic) dimension h_1+1 and in the presence of h_2 vector multiplets, a h_2+1 dimensional abelian a…
4-D gauged supergravity analysis of Type IIB vacua on
L. Andrianopoli, R. D'Auria, S. Ferrara +1
We analyze vacua of type IIB string theory on in presence of three-form fluxes from a four dimensional supergravity viewpoint. The quaternionic geometr…
N=2 Super-Higgs, N=1 Poincare' Vacua and Quaternionic Geometry
L. Andrianopoli, R. D'Auria, S. Ferrara +1
In the context of N=2 supergravity we explain the occurrence of partial super-Higgs with vanishing vacuum energy and moduli stabilization in a model suggested by superstring compac…
Gauged extended supergravity without cosmological constant: no-scale structure and supersymmetry breaking
L. Andrianopoli, R. D'Auria, S. Ferrara +1
We consider the interplay of duality symmetries and gauged isometries of supergravity models giving N-extended, spontaneously broken supergravity with a no-scale structure. Some ex…
Duality and Spontaneously Broken Supergravity in Flat Backgrounds
L. Andrianopoli, R. D'Auria, S. Ferrara +1
It is shown that the super Higgs mechanism that occurs in a wide class of models with vanishing cosmological constant (at the classical level) is obtained by the gauging of a flat…
Gauging of Flat Groups in Four Dimensional Supergravity
L. Andrianopoli, R. D'Auria, S. Ferrara +1
We show that N=8 spontaneously broken supergravity in four dimensions obtained by Scherk-Schwarz generalized dimensional reduction can be obtained from a pure four dimensional pers…
On the Super Higgs Effect in Extended Supergravity
L. Andrianopoli, R. D'Auria, S. Ferrara +1
We consider the reduction of supersymmetry in N-extended four dimensional supergravity via the super Higgs mechanism in theories without cosmological constant. We provide an analys…
Matter Coupled F(4) Supergravity and the AdS_6/CFT_5 Correspondence
R. D'Auria, S. Ferrara, S. Vaulà
F(4) supergravity, the gauge theory of the exceptional six-dimensional Anti-de Sitter superalgebra, is coupled to an arbitrary number of vector multiplets whose scalar components p…
M Theory on the Stiefel manifold and 3d Conformal Field Theories
A. Ceresole, G. Dall'Agata, R. D'Auria +1
We compute the mass and multiplet spectrum of M theory compactified on the product of AdS(4) spacetime by the Stiefel manifold V(5,2)=SO(5)/SO(3), and we use this information to de…
Superconformal field theories from IIB spectroscopy on
A. Ceresole, G. Dall'Agata, R. D'Auria +1
We report on tests of the AdS/CFT correspondence that are made possible by complete knowledge of the Kaluza-Klein mass spectrum of type IIB supergravity on wi…
On Central Charges and Hamiltonians for 0-brane dynamics
R. D'Auria, S. Ferrara amd M. A. Lledó
We consider general properties of central charges of zero branes and associated duality invariants, in view of their double role, on the bulk and on the world volume (quantum-mecha…
N=8 BPS Black Holes with 1/2 or 1/4 Supersymmetry and Solvable Lie Algebra Decompositions
G. Arcioni, A. Ceresole, F. Cordaro +4
In the context of N=8 supergravity we construct the general form of BPS 0--branes that preserve either 1/2 or 1/4 of the original supersymmetry. We show how such solutions are rela…
G/H M-branes and AdS_{p+2} Geometries
L. Castellani, A. Ceresole, R. D'Auria +3
We prove the existence of a new class of BPS saturated M-branes. They are in one-to-one correspondence with the Freund--Rubin compactifications of M-theory on either (AdS_4) x (G/H…