1996/12/31 by Piet Claus, P. Claus, B. de Wit +5 · 32 citations
Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Abelian group #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Exact solutions in general relativity #Mathematical physics #Mathematics #Multiplet #Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #Physics #Pure mathematics #Quantum mechanics #Spectral line #Supersymmetry #Symmetric tensor #Tensor (intrinsic definition) #Tensor contraction #Tensor field #Vector field #hep-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/s0550-3213(97)00126-0
published in Nuclear Physics B 491(1-2), 201-220 (Elsevier BV) · 18 pages, LaTeX, typographical changes and minor corrections
arxiv created 1997/01/20 · openalex publication_date 1997/04/01 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
The off-shell vector-tensor multiplet is considered in an arbitrary background of N=2 vector supermultiplets. We establish the existence of two inequivalent versions, characterized by different Chern-Simons couplings. In one version the vector field of the vector-tensor multiplet is contained quadratically in the Chern-Simons term, which implies nonlinear terms in the supersymmetry transformations and equations of motion. In the second version, which requires a background of at least two abelian vector supermultiplets, the supersymmetry transformations remain at most linear in the vector-tensor components. This version is of the type known to arise from reduction of tensor supermultiplets in six dimensions. Our work applies to any number of vector-tensor multiplets.