Modifying the Sum Over Topological Sectors and Constraints on Supergravity

Details Modifying the Sum Over Topological Sectors and Constraints on Supergravity Modifying the Sum Over Topological Sectors and Constraints on Supergravity

2010-04-30

arxiv.org/abs/1005.0002v2

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Theory

17 pages, minor changes

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The standard lore about the sum over topological sectors in quantum field theory is that locality and cluster decomposition uniquely determine the sum over such sectors, thus leading to the usual theta-vacua. We show that without changing the local degrees of freedom, a theory can be modified such that the sum over instantons should be restricted; e.g. one should include only instanton numbers which are divisible by some integer p. This conclusion about the configuration space of quantum field theory allows us to carefully reconsider the quantization of parameters in supergravity. In particular, we show that FI-terms and nontrivial Kahler forms are quantized. This analysis also leads to a new derivation of recent results about linearized supergravity.

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