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The N=2 vector-tensor multiplet, central charge superspace, and Chern-Simons couplings

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-10-30 v1

Abstract

We present a new, alternative interpretation of the vector-tensor multiplet as a 2-form in central charge superspace. This approach provides a geometric description of the (non-trivial) central charge transformations ab initio and is naturally generalized to include couplings of Chern-Simons forms to the antisymmetric tensor gauge field, giving rise to a N=2 supersymmetric version of the Green-Schwarz anomaly cancellation mechanism.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9706108,
  title  = {The N=2 vector-tensor multiplet, central charge superspace, and Chern-Simons couplings},
  author = {Richard Grimm and Maximilian Hasler and Carl Herrmann},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9706108},
  year   = {2009}
}

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