D = 3, N = 8 conformal supergravity and the Dragon window

DOI10.1007/JHEP09(2011)101zbMATH Open1301.81250arXiv1103.4530OpenAlexW2075995032MaRDI QIDQ480494FDOQ480494

Authors: M. Cederwall, Ulf Gran, B. E. W. Nilsson 

Publication date: 8 December 2014

Published in: Journal of High Energy Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We give a superspace description of D=3, N=8 supergravity. The formulation is off-shell in the sense that the equations of motion are not implied by the superspace constraints (but an action principle is not given). The multiplet structure is unconventional, which we connect to the existence of a "Dragon window", that is modules occurring in the supercurvature but not in the supertorsion. According to Dragon's theorem this cannot happen above three dimensions. We clarify the relevance of this window for going on the conformal shell, and discuss some aspects of coupling to conformal matter.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1103.4530

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• \(N = 3\) conformal supergravity in four dimensions
• N=8 matter coupled AdS\(_3\) supergravities
• Reviving 3D $ \mathcal{N}=8$ superconformal field theories
• \(\mathcal N = 8\) gauged supergravity theory and superconformal Chern-Simons matter theory

zbMATH Keywords

conformal and W symmetryextended supersymmetrysupergravity models

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Infinite-dimensional groups and algebras motivated by physics, including Virasoro, Kac-Moody, (W)-algebras and other current algebras and their representations (81R10) Two-dimensional field theories, conformal field theories, etc. in quantum mechanics (81T40) Supersymmetric field theories in quantum mechanics (81T60) Supergravity (83E50)

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