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Projective multiplets and hyperkahler cones in conformal supergravity

High Energy Physics - Theory 2015-02-10 v2

Abstract

Projective superspace provides a natural framework for the construction of actions coupling hypermultiplets to conformal supergravity. We review how the off-shell actions are formulated in superspace and then discuss how to eliminate the infinite number of auxiliary fields to produce an on-shell N=2 supersymmetric sigma model, with the target space corresponding to a generic 4n-dimensional hyperkahler cone. We show how the component action coupling the hypermultiplets to conformal supergravity may be constructed starting from curved superspace. The superspace origin of the geometric data -- the hyperkahler potential, complex structures, and any gauged isometries -- is also addressed.

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@article{arxiv.1410.3604,
  title  = {Projective multiplets and hyperkahler cones in conformal supergravity},
  author = {Daniel Butter},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1410.3604},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

47 pages; v2: typos corrected, calculations streamlined, references added

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