Dressing fields for supersymmetry: The cases of the Rarita-Schwinger and gravitino fields

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Main Authors: François, J., Ravera, L.
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Ravera, L.
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Ravera, L.
contents In this paper we argue that the gauge-fixing conditions typically used to extract the (off-shell) degrees of freedom of the Rarita-Schwinger spinor-vector and gravitino, respectively in rigid supersymmetric field theory and supergravity, are actually instances of the dressing field method of symmetry reduction. Since the latter has a natural relation interpretation, solving the ``gauge-fixing condition" -- or, better, ``dressing functional constraints" -- actually realises the Rarita-Schwinger spinor-vector and the gravitino fields as (non-local) relational variables. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first application of the dressing field method to supersymmetric theories.
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spellingShingle Dressing fields for supersymmetry: The cases of the Rarita-Schwinger and gravitino fields
François, J.
Ravera, L.
High Energy Physics - Theory
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
In this paper we argue that the gauge-fixing conditions typically used to extract the (off-shell) degrees of freedom of the Rarita-Schwinger spinor-vector and gravitino, respectively in rigid supersymmetric field theory and supergravity, are actually instances of the dressing field method of symmetry reduction. Since the latter has a natural relation interpretation, solving the ``gauge-fixing condition" -- or, better, ``dressing functional constraints" -- actually realises the Rarita-Schwinger spinor-vector and the gravitino fields as (non-local) relational variables. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first application of the dressing field method to supersymmetric theories.
title Dressing fields for supersymmetry: The cases of the Rarita-Schwinger and gravitino fields
topic High Energy Physics - Theory
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.04379