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arxiv: hep-th/0509172 · v2 · submitted 2005-09-22 · ✦ hep-th · gr-qc· math-ph· math.MP

Boundary conditions in supergravity on a manifold with boundary

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We explain why it is necessary to use boundary conditions in the proof of supersymmetry of a supergravity action on a manifold with boundary. Working in both boundary (``downstairs'') and orbifold (``upstairs'') pictures, we present a bulk-plus-boundary/brane action for the five-dimensional (on-shell) supergravity which is supersymmetric with the use of fewer boundary conditions than were previously employed. The required Gibbons-Hawking-like Y-term and many other aspects of the boundary/orbifold picture correspondence are discussed.

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