Supergravity Primer, A: From Geometrical Principles to the Final Lagrangian (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9789811210518)

This book is devoted to a pedagogical introduction to supergravity from a practical perspective. As a particular feature of the book, the authors provide explicit details, which makes the computations easier to follow for the interested reader. Each chapter has summary tables, which contain the main results and, in addition, we have collected important or additional material in the appendix.In the first part of the book, the N=1 supergravity Lagrangian in four spacetime dimensions is derived. Closely following the reference of Wess and Bagger, we use the superspace approach. All steps, from the geometric principles of curved superspace to the field redefinition necessary to obtain a correctly normalised Lagrangian, are carefully analysed. Comparisons with other methods, such as conformal supergravity, are also given.In the second part of the book, we address more phenomenological aspects of supergravity such as supersymmetry breaking, no-scale supergravity, super-Higgs mechanism, etc. Finally, the relationship between supergravity and particle physics, and cosmology are analysed.

Author: Michel Rausch de Traubenberg, Mauricio Valenzuela
ISBN-10: 9811210519
ISBN-13: 9789811210518
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
Language: English
Published: 01/07/2020
Pages: 380
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.49lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.88d