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Testing complete positivity
We study the modified dynamical evolution of the neutral kaon system under
the condition of complete positivity. The accuracy of the data from planned
future experiments is expected to be sufficiently precise to test such a
hypothesis.Comment: 12 pages, latex, no figures, to appear in Mod. Phys. Lett.
Positive mass theorem in extended supergravities
Following the Witten-Nester formalism, we present a useful prescription using
Weyl spinors towards the positivity of mass. As a generalization of
arXiv:1310.1663, we show that some "positivity conditions" must be imposed upon
the gauge connections appearing in the supercovariant derivative acting on
spinors. A complete classification of the connection fulfilling the positivity
conditions is given. It turns out that these positivity conditions are indeed
satisfied for a number of extended supergravity theories. It is shown that the
positivity property holds for the Einstein-complex scalar system, provided that
the target space is Hodge-Kahler and the potential is expressed in terms of the
superpotential. In the Einstein-Maxwell-dilaton theory with a dilaton
potential, the dilaton coupling function and the superpotential are fixed by
the positive mass property. We also explore the gauged supergravity and
demonstrate that the positivity of the mass holds independently of the gaugings
and the deformation parameters.Comment: v2: 22 pages, typos fixed and refs added, a section discussing the
Einstein-Maxwell-dilaton theory added, an appendix classifies the connection
satisfying positivity conditions, accepted for publication in NP
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