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E7(7) symmetry in perturbatively quantised N=8 supergravity

High Energy Physics - Theory 2010-12-17 v2

Abstract

We study the perturbative quantisation of N=8 supergravity in a formulation where its E7(7) symmetry is realised off-shell. Relying on the cancellation of SU(8) current anomalies we show that there are no anomalies for the non-linearly realised E7(7) either; this result extends to all orders in perturbation theory. As a consequence, the e7(7) Ward identities can be consistently implemented and imposed at all orders in perturbation theory, and therefore potential divergent counterterms must in particular respect the full non-linear E7(7) symmetry.

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@article{arxiv.1007.5472,
  title  = {E7(7) symmetry in perturbatively quantised N=8 supergravity},
  author = {Guillaume Bossard and Christian Hillmann and Hermann Nicolai},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1007.5472},
  year   = {2010}
}

Comments

Corrected version for publication in JHEP. 79 pages

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