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arxiv: hep-th/9910246 · v3 · submitted 1999-10-29 · ✦ hep-th

Abelian Vectors and Self-Dual Tensors in Six-Dimensional Supergravity

classification ✦ hep-th
keywords abeliancouplingcouplingsgeneralsix-dimensionalsupergravityvectorsanomalies
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In this note we describe the most general coupling of {\it abelian} vector and tensor multiplets to six-dimensional $(1,0)$ supergravity. As was recently pointed out, it is of interest to consider more general Chern-Simons couplings to abelian vectors of the type $H^{r}=d B^{r}-1/2 c^{rab} A^{a}d A^{b}$, with $c^{r}$ matrices that may not be simultaneously diagonalized. We show that these couplings can be related to Green-Schwarz terms of the form $B^r c_r^{ab} F^a F^b$, and how the complete local Lagrangian, that embodies factorized gauge and supersymmetry anomalies (to be disposed of by fermion loops) is uniquely determined by Wess-Zumino consistency conditions, aside from an arbitrary quartic coupling for the gauginos.

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