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The Gaugings of Maximal D=6 Supergravity

High Energy Physics - Theory 2014-11-18 v2

Abstract

We construct the most general gaugings of the maximal D=6 supergravity. The theory is (2,2) supersymmetric, and possesses an on-shell SO(5,5) duality symmetry which plays a key role in determining its couplings. The field content includes 16 vector fields that carry a chiral spinor representation of the duality group. We utilize the embedding tensor method which determines the appropriate combinations of these vectors that participate in gauging of a suitable subgroup of SO(5,5). The construction also introduces the magnetic duals of the 5 two-form potentials and 16 vector fields.

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@article{arxiv.0712.4277,
  title  = {The Gaugings of Maximal D=6 Supergravity},
  author = {E. Bergshoeff and H. Samtleben and E. Sezgin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0712.4277},
  year   = {2014}
}

Comments

34 pages, latex, reference added, typo's corrected and minor improvements made

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