Timeline for Why the maximum number of supercharges in supergravity must be $Q=32$?
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| Apr 8, 2020 at 23:39 | vote | accept | edmateosg | ||
| Apr 8, 2020 at 10:39 | history | edited | Qmechanic♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Apr 8, 2020 at 10:30 | answer | added | Sparticle | timeline score: 4 | |
| Apr 7, 2020 at 15:33 | comment | added | Cosmas Zachos | I strongly suspect you should either stick to a good book, or else read up on the original 1978 Cremer-Julia-Scherk paper, possibly going back to Nahm's paper. In 11D, the 8 Majorana gravitini each corresponding to a spin lowering supercharge have $\frac{32}{2}(D-3) \to 128$ d.o.f. Your are using highly nonstandard language. | |
| Apr 7, 2020 at 11:58 | history | asked | edmateosg | CC BY-SA 4.0 |