Maximal supergravity in three dimensions: supergeometry and differential forms

Mar, 2011
27 pages
Published in:
  • JHEP 07 (2011) 071
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Abstract: (arXiv)
The maximal supergravity theory in three dimensions, which has local SO(16) and rigid E8E_8 symmetries, is discussed in a superspace setting starting from an off-shell superconformal structure. The on-shell theory is obtained by imposing further constraints. It is essentially a non-linear sigma model that induces a Poincar\'e supergeometry that is described in detail. The possible pp-form field strengths, for p=2,3,4p=2,3,4, are explicitly constructed using supersymmetry and E8E_8. The gauged theory is also discussed.
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  • 27 pages. Small changes to the text/ added references
  • Extended Supersymmetry
  • Superspaces
  • Supergravity Models
  • dimension: 3
  • sigma model: nonlinear
  • group: E(8) x SO(16)
  • supersymmetry: conformal
  • differential forms: 3
  • differential forms: 2
  • differential forms: 4