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Explicit Action of E7(7) on N=8 Supergravity Fields

High Energy Physics - Theory 2008-11-26 v2

Abstract

We present an explicit, exact to all orders in gravitational coupling E7(7) symmetry transformations of on-shell N=8 supergravity fields in the gauge with 70 scalars in E7(7)/SU(8) coset space, the local SU(8) symmetry being fixed. The non-linear realization of E7(7) includes a field-dependent SU(8) transformation preserving the unitary gauge. We find the conserved Noether-Gaillard-Zumino current of E7(7) symmetry, the linear part of it being a chiral SU(8) symmetry. We comment on the conformal realization of the E7(7) algebra which includes a dilatation operator. We hope that these results can be useful for studies of anomalies/absence of anomalies and the UV behavior of N=8 supergravity.

Cite

@article{arxiv.0802.4106,
  title  = {Explicit Action of E7(7) on N=8 Supergravity Fields},
  author = {Renata Kallosh and Masoud Soroush},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0802.4106},
  year   = {2008}
}

Comments

25 pages, LaTeX, no figures; v2: typos corrected

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