Covariant action for type IIB supergravity

2015/11/25 by Ashoke Sen · 1 voice · 7 citations
Physics and Astronomy · Social Sciences · #Action (physics) #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Covariant transformation #Gauge covariant derivative #Heterotic string theory #Higher-dimensional supergravity #International Science and Diplomacy #Lorentz transformation #Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories #String (physics) #Supergravity #Type (biology) #gr-qc #hep-th

paper · pdf · doi:10.1007/jhep07(2016)017

LaTeX, 33 pages; v2,v3: references added; v4: added new section on supersymmetry

arxiv published 2015/11/25 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · arxiv created 2016/06/27 · openalex publication_date 2016/07/01 · arxiv updated 2016/07/20 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

Taking clues from the recent construction of the covariant action for type II and heterotic string field theories, we construct a manifestly Lorentz covariant action for type IIB supergravity, and discuss its gauge fixing maintaining manifest Lorentz invariance. The action contains a (non-gravitating) free 4-form field besides the usual fields of type IIB supergravity. This free field, being completely decoupled from the interacting sector, has no physical consequence.

Citations

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Discussions

• In the meantime, Ashok Sen has developed a covariant variational principle for self-dual (or anti-self-dual) forms, suitable for quantization, cf. Refs. 1-4. It is compatible with the traditional ad h [stackexchange, 2 points]

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