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Electric-magnetic deformations of D=4 gauged supergravities

High Energy Physics - Theory 2016-04-20 v1

Abstract

We discuss duality orbits and symplectic deformations of D=4 gauged supergravity theories, with focus on N\ge2. We provide a general constructive framework for computing symplectic deformations starting from a reference gauging, and apply it to many interesting examples. We prove that no continuous deformations are allowed for Fayet-Iliopoulos gaugings of the N=2 STU model and in particular that any ω\omega deformation is classically trivial. We further show that although in the N=6 truncation of SO(8) maximal supergravity the ω\omega parameter can be dualized away, in the 'twin' N=2 truncation ω\omega is preserved and a second, new deformation appears. We further provide a full classification and appropriate duality orbits of certain N=4 gauged supergravities, including all inequivalent SO(4)2^2 gaugings and several non-compact forms.

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@article{arxiv.1512.04500,
  title  = {Electric-magnetic deformations of D=4 gauged supergravities},
  author = {Gianluca Inverso},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1512.04500},
  year   = {2016}
}

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