Abelian Tensor Hierarchy in 4D, N=1 Superspace
High Energy Physics - Theory
2016-04-20 v1
Abstract
With the goal of constructing the supersymmetric action for all fields, massless and massive, obtained by Kaluza-Klein compactification from type II theory or M-theory in a closed form, we embed the (Abelian) tensor hierarchy of p-forms in four-dimensional, N=1 superspace and construct its Chern-Simons-like invariants. When specialized to the case in which the tensors arise from a higher-dimensional theory, the invariants may be interpreted as higher-dimensional Chern-Simons forms reduced to four dimensions. As an application of the formalism, we construct the eleven-dimensional Chern-Simons form in terms of four-dimensional, N=1 superfields.
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@article{arxiv.1601.03066,
title = {Abelian Tensor Hierarchy in 4D, N=1 Superspace},
author = {Katrin Becker and Melanie Becker and William D Linch and Daniel Robbins},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1601.03066},
year = {2016}
}
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31 pages