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arxiv: 1503.04731 · v2 · submitted 2015-03-16 · ✦ hep-th · gr-qc· math-ph· math.MP

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Doubly Self-Dual Actions in Various Dimensions

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classification ✦ hep-th gr-qcmath-phmath.MP
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The self-duality of the N=1 supersymmetric Born--Infeld action implies a double self-duality of the tensor multiplet square-root action when the scalar and the antisymmetric tensor are interchanged via Poincare' duality. We show how this phenomenon extends to D space-time dimensions for non-linear actions involving pairs of forms of rank p and D-p-2. As a byproduct, we construct a new two-field generalization of the Born-Infeld action whose equations of motion are invariant under a U(1) duality. In these systems, the introduction of Green-Schwarz terms results in explicit non-linear mass-like terms for dual massive pairs.

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