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arxiv: 1708.08727 · v2 · submitted 2017-08-29 · ✦ hep-th

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On divergences in non-minimal N=4 conformal supergravity

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keywords conformalsupergravitydivergencesnon-minimaltheoryanomaliescancelledcase
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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 $f= e^{2\phi}$ 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.

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