Published May 11, 2008 | Version v1
Journal article

N=1/2 supergravity with matter in four Euclidean dimensions

  • 1. Department of Physics, Tokyo Metropolitan University, 1-1 Minami-osawa, Hachioji-shi, Tokyo 192-0397 (Japan)

Description

An N=1/2 supergravity in four Euclidean spacetime dimensions, coupled to both vector- and scalar-multiplet matter, is constructed for the first time. We begin with the standard N=(1,1) conformally extended supergravity in four Euclidean dimensions, and freeze out the graviphoton field strength to an arbitrary (fixed) self-dual field (the so-called C-deformation). Though a consistency of such procedure with local supersymmetry is not guaranteed, we find a simple consistent set of algebraic constraints that reduce the local supersymmetry by 3/4 and eliminate the corresponding gravitini. The final field theory (after the superconformal gauge-fixing) has the residual local N=(0,1/2 ) or just N=1/2 supersymmetry with only one chiral gravitino as the corresponding gauge field. Our theory is not 'Lorentz'-invariant because of the non-vanishing self-dual graviphoton vacuum expectation value, which is common to the C-deformed N=1/2 rigidly supersymmetric field theories constructed in a non-anticommutative superspace

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2007.10.020

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2007.10.020;
arXiv
arXiv:0707.4218v2;
PII
S0550-3213(07)00805-X;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuclear Physics. B
Journal Volume
794
Journal Issue
3
Journal Page Range
p. 495-511
ISSN
0550-3213
CODEN
NUPBBO

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Copyright (c) 2007 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.