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A Lax Operator for $d=2$ $N=2$ Supergravity

High Energy Physics - Theory 2021-09-03 v1

Abstract

General relativity and supergravity become integrable systems after dimensional reduction to two spacetime dimensions. This means the equations of motion can be encoded in the flatness condition for a Lax operator. Nicolai and Warner found Lax operators for dimensionally reduced supergravity. They gave explicit formulas primarily for the case with N=16N=16 supersymmetry in two dimensions (which corresponds to N=8N=8 supergravity in four dimensions). In this note, we derive analogous results for the case with N=2N=2 supersymmetry in two dimensions (which corresponds to N=1N=1 supergravity in four dimensions). This is the simplest example of the general fact that supergravity becomes an integrable system after dimensional reduction to two dimensions.

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@article{arxiv.2109.00597,
  title  = {A Lax Operator for $d=2$ $N=2$ Supergravity},
  author = {Robert F. Penna},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2109.00597},
  year   = {2021}
}

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23 pages

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