Elko spinor fields: Lagrangians for gravity derived from supergravity

International Journal of Geometric Methods in Modern Physics

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 461-477

  Da Rocha, Roldão ^a   Hoff Da Silva, J M ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO ABC   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Einstein Hilbert action; ELKO spinor fields; Quadratic Spinor Lagrangian; Spin Clifford bundles; Supergravity

Indexed keywords

EID: 66949125044     PISSN: 02198878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0219887809003618     Document Type: Article

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