2016/01/01 by Antonio Gallerati, Mario Trigiante
Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Gauged supergravity #Geometry #Mathematical physics #Mathematics #Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories #Physics #Scalar (mathematics) #String (physics) #String theory #Supergravity #Superstring theory #Supersymmetry #Supersymmetry breaking #Symmetry (geometry) #Theoretical physics #hep-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.1007/978-3-319-31352-8_2
published as Based on the contribution to "Theoretical Frontiers in Black Holes and Cosmology", Springer Proceedings in Physics, vol. 176 (2006). Springer, Cham · 81 pages, 5 figures. arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:1609.09745
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In an ungauged supergravity theory, the presence of a scalar potential is allowed only for the minimal \N=1 case. In extended supergravities, a non-trivial scalar potential can be introduced without explicitly breaking supersymmetry only through the so-called gauging procedure. The latter consists in promoting a suitable global symmetry group to local symmetry to be gauged by the vector fields of the theory. Gauged supergravities provide a valuable approach to the study of superstring flux-compactifications and the construction of phenomenologically viable, string-inspired models. The aim of these lectures is to give a pedagogical introduction to the subject of gauged supergravities, covering just selected issues and discussing some of their applications.