Euclidean supergravity in terms of Dirac eigenvalues

It has been recently shown that the eigenvalues of the Dirac operator can be considered as dynamical variables of Euclidean gravity. The purpose of this paper is to explore the possibility that the eigenvalues of the Dirac operator might play the same role in the case of supergravity. It is shown that for this purpose some primary constraints on covariant phase space as well as secondary constraints on the eigenspinors must be imposed. The validity of primary constraints under covariant transport is further analyzed. It is shown that in this case restrictions on the tangent bundle and on the spinor bundle of spacetime arise. The form of these restrictions is determined under some simplifying assumptions. It is also shown that manifolds with hat curvature of tangent bundle and spinor bundle satisfy these restrictions and thus they support the Dirac eigenvalues as global observables. [S0556-2821(98)04514-7].