On divergences in non-minimal N=4 conformal supergravity

DOI10.1088/1751-8121/AA920DzbMATH Open1378.83096arXiv1708.08727OpenAlexW2963204693MaRDI QIDQ4600910FDOQ4600910

Authors: Arkady A. Tseytlin 

Publication date: 18 January 2018

Published in: Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We review the question of quantum consistency of N=4 conformal supergravity in 4 dimensions. The UV divergences and anomalies of the standard ("minimal") conformal supergravity where the complex scalar $phi$ is not coupled to the Weyl graviton kinetic term can be cancelled by coupling this theory to N=4 super Yang-Mills with gauge group of dimension 4. The same turns out to be true also for the "non-minimal" N=4 conformal supergravity with the action (recently constructed in arXiv:1609.09083) depending on an arbitrary holomorphic function $f(phi)$. The special case of the "non-minimal" conformal supergravity with $f=e^{2phi}$ appears in the twistor-string theory. We show that divergences and anomalies do not depend on the form of the function $f$ and thus can be cancelled just as in the "minimal" $f=1$ case by coupling the theory to four N=4 vector multiplets.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1708.08727

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zbMATH Keywords

conformal supergravitysuper Yang-Millsconformal anomalies

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in quantum field theory (81T13) Anomalies in quantum field theory (81T50) Supersymmetric field theories in quantum mechanics (81T60) Gravitational interaction in quantum theory (81V17) Supergravity (83E50)

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