Superspace approaches to \mathcal{N}=1 supergravity

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Authors Sergei M. Kuzenko, Emmanouil S. N. Raptakis, Gabriele Tartaglino-Mazzucchelli

Publication date 31 October 2022

Abstract: The superspace formalism for $mathcalN=1$ supergravity in four dimensions is a powerful geometric setting to engineer off-shell supergravity-matter theories, including higher-derivative couplings. This review provides a unified description of the three superspace approaches to $mathcalN=1$ conformal supergravity: (i) conformal superspace; (ii) $mathsfU(1)$ superspace; and (iii) the Grimm-Wess-Zumino formalism. The prepotential formulation for the latter is discussed. We briefly describe the known off-shell formulations for Poincar'e and anti-de Sitter supergravity theories as conformal supergravity coupled to certain compensators. As simple applications of the formalism, we present the superfield equations of motion for various off-shell formulations for pure Poincar'e and anti-de Sitter supergravity, and show that every solution of these equations is also a solution of the equations of motion for conformal supergravity.

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