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Title: Gauged D=7 supergravity on the S{sup 1}/Z{sub 2} orbifold

Abstract

We construct the most general couplings of a bulk seven-dimensional Yang-Mills-Einstein N=2 supergravity with a boundary six-dimensional chiral N=(0,1) theory of vectors and charged hypermultiplets. The boundary consists of two brane worlds sitting at the fixed points of an S{sup 1}/Z{sub 2} compactification of the seven-dimensional bulk supergravity. The resulting 6D massless spectrum surviving the orbifold projection is anomalous. By introducing boundary fields at the orbifold fixed points, we show that all anomalies are canceled by a Green-Schwarz mechanism. In addition, all couplings of the boundary fields to the bulk are completely specified by supersymmetry. We emphasize that there is no bulk Chern-Simons term to cancel the anomalies. The latter is traded for a Green-Schwarz term which emerges in the boundary theory after a duality transformation implemented to construct the bulk supergravity.

Authors:
;  [1]
  1. Department of Physics, Ethniko Metsovio Polytechnio, GR-15773, Zografou, Athens (Greece)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
20708930
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 71; Journal Issue: 6; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.71.066005; (c) 2005 The American Physical Society; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 0556-2821
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; CHIRALITY; COMPACTIFICATION; DUALITY; MANY-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; SUPERGRAVITY; SUPERSYMMETRY; TRANSFORMATIONS; VECTORS; YANG-MILLS THEORY

Citation Formats

Avramis, Spyros D, and Kehagias, Alex. Gauged D=7 supergravity on the S{sup 1}/Z{sub 2} orbifold. United States: N. p., 2005. Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.71.066005.
Avramis, Spyros D, & Kehagias, Alex. Gauged D=7 supergravity on the S{sup 1}/Z{sub 2} orbifold. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.71.066005
Avramis, Spyros D, and Kehagias, Alex. 2005. "Gauged D=7 supergravity on the S{sup 1}/Z{sub 2} orbifold". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.71.066005.
@article{osti_20708930,
title = {Gauged D=7 supergravity on the S{sup 1}/Z{sub 2} orbifold},
author = {Avramis, Spyros D and Kehagias, Alex},
abstractNote = {We construct the most general couplings of a bulk seven-dimensional Yang-Mills-Einstein N=2 supergravity with a boundary six-dimensional chiral N=(0,1) theory of vectors and charged hypermultiplets. The boundary consists of two brane worlds sitting at the fixed points of an S{sup 1}/Z{sub 2} compactification of the seven-dimensional bulk supergravity. The resulting 6D massless spectrum surviving the orbifold projection is anomalous. By introducing boundary fields at the orbifold fixed points, we show that all anomalies are canceled by a Green-Schwarz mechanism. In addition, all couplings of the boundary fields to the bulk are completely specified by supersymmetry. We emphasize that there is no bulk Chern-Simons term to cancel the anomalies. The latter is traded for a Green-Schwarz term which emerges in the boundary theory after a duality transformation implemented to construct the bulk supergravity.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevD.71.066005},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/20708930}, journal = {Physical Review. D, Particles Fields},
issn = {0556-2821},
number = 6,
volume = 71,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Mar 15 00:00:00 EST 2005},
month = {Tue Mar 15 00:00:00 EST 2005}
}