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We consider the supersymmetric Higgs effect, in which a spin- Goldstone fermion is transformed away by a redefinition of the supergravity fields and the spin-32 gauge field acquires the degrees of freedom appropriate to finite mass. More generally we discuss the consistency and physical applicability of supergravity theories with broken local supersymmetry.
Deser et al. (Mon,) studied this question.