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Supersymmetric Duality Rotations

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-10-31 v2

Abstract

We derive N = 1, 2 superfield equations as the conditions for a (nonlinear) theory of one abelian N = 1 or N = 2 vector multiplet to be duality invariant. The N = 1 super Born-Infeld action is a particular solution of the corresponding equation. A family of duality invariant nonlinear N = 1 supersymmetric theories is described. We present the solution of the N = 2 duality equation which reduces to the N = 1 Born-Infeld action when the (0,1/2) part of N = 2 vector multiplet is switched off. We also propose a constructive perturbative scheme to compute duality invariant N = 2 superconformal actions.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0001068,
  title  = {Supersymmetric Duality Rotations},
  author = {Sergei M. Kuzenko and Stefan Theisen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0001068},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

19 pages, latex, no figures; an appendix, Comments, references added; to appear in JHEP