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N=2 Supersymmetry and U(1)-Duality

High Energy Physics - Theory 2012-08-03 v1

Abstract

Understanding the consequences of the E_{7(7)} duality on the UV properties of N=8 supergravity requires unravelling when and how duality-covariant actions can be constructed so as to accommodate duality-invariant counter-terms. For non-supersymmetric abelian gauge theories exhibiting U(1)-duality, with and without derivative couplings, it was shown that such a covariant construction is always possible. In this paper we describe a similar procedure for the construction of covariant non-linear deformations of U(1)-duality invariant theories in the presence of rigid N=2 supersymmetry. This is a concrete step towards studying the interplay of duality and extended supersymmetry.

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@article{arxiv.1202.0014,
  title  = {N=2 Supersymmetry and U(1)-Duality},
  author = {Johannes Broedel and John Joseph M. Carrasco and Sergio Ferrara and Renata Kallosh and Radu Roiban},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1202.0014},
  year   = {2012}
}

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20 pages

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