| Article | |
| Report number | arXiv:0808.2130 ; CERN-PH-TH-2008-172 ; KUL-TF-08-15 ; MPP-2008-97 ; CERN-PH-TH-2008-172 ; KUL-TF-08-15 ; MPP-2008-97 |
| Title | Electric/magnetic duality for chiral gauge theories with anomaly cancellation |
| Author(s) | De Rydt, Jan (Leuven U. ; CERN) ; Schmidt, Torsten T. (Munich, Max Planck Inst.) ; Trigiante, Mario (Turin Polytechnic ; INFN, Turin) ; Van Proeyen, Antoine (Leuven U.) ; Zagermann, Marco (Munich, Max Planck Inst.) |
| Publication | 2008 |
| Imprint | 18 Aug 2008 |
| Number of pages | 37 |
| In: | JHEP 12 (2008) 105 |
| DOI | 10.1088/1126-6708/2008/12/105 |
| Subject category | Particle Physics - Theory |
| Abstract | We show that 4D gauge theories with Green-Schwarz anomaly cancellation and possible generalized Chern-Simons terms admit a formulation that is manifestly covariant with respect to electric/magnetic duality transformations. This generalizes previous work on the symplectically covariant formulation of anomaly-free gauge theories as they typically occur in extended supergravity, and now also includes general theories with (pseudo-)anomalous gauge interactions as they may occur in global or local N=1 supersymmetry. This generalization is achieved by relaxing the linear constraint on the embedding tensor so as to allow for a symmetric 3-tensor related to electric and/or magnetic quantum anomalies in these theories. Apart from electric and magnetic gauge fields, the resulting Lagrangians also feature two-form fields and can accommodate various unusual duality frames as they often appear, e.g., in string compactifications with background fluxes. |
| Copyright/License | Open Access |
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