Published October 2003 | Version v1
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Compactifications with S-duality twists

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We consider generalised Scherk Schwarz reductions of supergravity and superstring theories with twists by electromagnetic dualities that are symmetries of the equations of motion but not of the action, such as the S-duality of D=4, N=4 super-Yang-Mills coupled to supergravity. The reduction cannot be done on the action itself, but must be done either on the field equations or on a duality invariant form of the action, such as one in the doubled formalism in which potentials are introduced for both electric and magnetic fields. The resulting theory in odd-dimensions has massive form fields satisfying a self-duality condition dA ∼ m*A. We construct such theories in D=3,5,7. (author)

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Journal Title
Journal of High Energy Physics
Journal Volume
10
Journal Issue
2003
Journal Page Range
p. vp
ISSN
1126-6708

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E-print number: hep-th/0308133