Hidden constants: The θ parameter of QCD and the cosmological constant of N = 8 
supergravity

Aurilia, A.; Nicolai, Hermann; Townsend, P. K.

doi:10.1016/0550-3213(80)90466-6

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Hidden constants: The θ parameter of QCD and the cosmological constant of N = 8 supergravity

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Nicolai, Hermann
Quantum Gravity & Unified Theories, AEI-Golm, MPI for Gravitational Physics, Max Planck Society;

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Aurilia, A., Nicolai, H., & Townsend, P. K. (1980). Hidden constants: The θ parameter of QCD and the cosmological constant of N = 8 supergravity. Nuclear Physics B, 176(2), 509-522. doi:10.1016/0550-3213(80)90466-6.

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For field theories that include the abelian gauge field Aμνvarrho the field equations allow an arbitrary integration constant, which does not appear in the lagrangian but which does affect the physics. We present two applications: (i) the θ parameter of effective lagrangians for chiral symmetry breaking in QCD, and (ii) the cosmological constant in N = 8 supergravity, which does not require a gauging of the O(8) symmetry, but is rather due to a spontaneous breakdown of supersymmetry.