SUPERGRAVITY AND A BOGOMOLNYI BOUND IN 3 DIMENSIONS

Authors
EDELSTEIN JD NUNEZ C SCHAPOSNIK FA
Citation
Jd. Edelstein et al., SUPERGRAVITY AND A BOGOMOLNYI BOUND IN 3 DIMENSIONS, Nuclear physics. B, 458(1-2), 1996, pp. 165-188
Citations number
38
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Nuclear
Journal title
Nuclear physics. B → ACNP
ISSN journal
05503213
Volume
458
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
165 - 188
Database
ISI
SICI code
0550-3213(1996)458:1-2<165:SAABBI>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
We discuss the (2 + 1)-dimensional Abelian Higgs model coupled to N = 2 supergravity. The model provides an example on how unbroken supercha rges can be defined, circumventing the problem of finding supercovaria ntly constant Killing spinors in 2 + 1 dimensions. We show that this i s due to the existence of gravitating vortices saturating a Bogomol'ny i bound. The corresponding self-duality equations imply, through an in tegrability condition, the Einstein equation.