Supergravity and the cosmological constant

by Eric Bergshoeff (University of Groningen)

Wednesday 28 Oct 2015, 12:00 → 14:45 Europe/Stockholm

tba (Uppsala)

I will discuss under which conditions a cosmological constant can be added to a given supergravity theory. In the case of a positive cosmological constant I will show how the results are related to brane supersymmetrty breaking using an anti-D3-brane.