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Prog. Theor. Phys. Vol. 122 No. 2 (2009) pp. 339-353

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Fermions in (Anti) de Sitter Gravity in Four Dimensions

Noriaki Ikeda1,* and Takeshi Fukuyama2,**

1College of Science and Engineering, Ritsumeikan University,
Kusatsu 525-8577, Japan
2Department of Physics and R-GIRO, Ritsumeikan University,
Kusatsu 525-8577, Japan

(Received April 14, 2009; Revised May 22, 2009)

Abstract:

Fermions in (anti) de Sitter gravity theory in four dimensions are considered. In particular, we propose new fermion actions to derive a Weyl or Majorana fermion action if we break the AdS (dS) group to the Lorentz group in curved spacetime.

Subject Index : 104, 105, 450, 453
URL : http://ptp.ipap.jp/link?PTP/122/339/
DOI : 10.1143/PTP.122.339


*E-mail: ikeda@yukawa.kyoto-u.ac.jp
**E-mail: fukuyama@se.ritsumei.ac.jp

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