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Supergravity without gravity and its BV formulation

High Energy Physics - Theory 2025-04-09 v1 Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

The generalised-geometric formulation of 10-dimensional supergravity suggests a particular simple "limit", which results in a theory whose only dynamical degrees of freedom are the dilaton and the dilatino. The theory is still invariant both under generalised diffeomorphisms and a local supersymmetry and in many aspects is structurally similar to the original supergravity, which makes it a convenient playground for understanding more subtle aspects of the full physical setup. In particular, the simplicity and the geometric nature of the dilatonic theory allow us to build a full BV extension to all orders in the fermionic variables.

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@article{arxiv.2408.14656,
  title  = {Supergravity without gravity and its BV formulation},
  author = {Julian Kupka and Charles Strickland-Constable and Fridrich Valach},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2408.14656},
  year   = {2025}
}

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16 pages, 1 figure

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