Covariant Action for Type IIB Supergravity
High Energy Physics - Theory
2016-07-20 v4 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Abstract
Taking clues from the recent construction of the covariant action for type II and heterotic string field theories, we construct a manifestly Lorentz covariant action for type IIB supergravity, and discuss its gauge fixing maintaining manifest Lorentz invariance. The action contains a (non-gravitating) free 4-form field besides the usual fields of type IIB supergravity. This free field, being completely decoupled from the interacting sector, has no physical consequence.
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@article{arxiv.1511.08220,
title = {Covariant Action for Type IIB Supergravity},
author = {Ashoke Sen},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1511.08220},
year = {2016}
}
Comments
LaTeX, 33 pages; v2,v3: references added; v4: added new section on supersymmetry