ModMax meets Susy
Jun 14, 2021
Published in:
- JHEP 10 (2021) 031
- Published: Oct 5, 2021
e-Print:
- 2106.07547 [hep-th]
DOI:
- 10.1007/JHEP10(2021)031,
- 10.1002/9781119815570.ch2 (publication),
- 10.1002/9781119815570.ch1 (publication)
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Abstract: (Springer)
We give a prescription for = 1 supersymmetrization of any (four-dimensional) nonlinear electrodynamics theory with a Lagrangian density satisfying a convexity condition that we relate to semi-classical unitarity. We apply it to the one-parameter ModMax extension of Maxwell electrodynamics that preserves both electromagnetic duality and conformal invariance, and its Born-Infeld-like generalization, proving that duality invariance is preserved. We also establish superconformal invariance of the superModMax theory by showing that its coupling to supergravity is super-Weyl invariant. The higher-derivative photino-field interactions that appear in any supersymmetric nonlinear electrodynamics theory are removed by an invertible nonlinear superfield redefinition.Note:
- 36 pp. v3 includes further minor corrections and clarifications
- Conformal and W Symmetry
- Duality in Gauge Field Theories
- Supersymmetry and Duality
- Supersymmetry Breaking
- invariance: conformal
- electromagnetic field: nonlinear
- supersymmetry: duality
- dimension: 4
- symmetry: duality
- gauge field theory: supersymmetry
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