2002/04/29 by Mary K. Gaillard, Joel Giedt · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Gauge (firearms) #Gauge theory #Multiplet #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions #Simple (philosophy) #Spontaneous symmetry breaking #Supergravity #Symmetry breaking #hep-ph #hep-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/s0550-3213(02)00434-0
published as Nucl.Phys.B636:365-384,2002 · 19 pages, full postscript also available from http://phyweb.lbl.gov/theorygroup/papers/50097.ps Typos corrected, reference added
arxiv created 2002/04/29 · openalex publication_date 2002/08/01 · arxiv updated 2014/11/17 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
We describe the effective supergravity theory present below the scale of spontaneous gauge symmetry breaking due to an anomalous U(1), obtained by integrating out tree-level interactions of massive modes. A simple case is examined in some detail. We find that the effective theory can be expressed in the linear multiplet formulation, with some interesting consequences. Among them, the modified linearity conditions lead to new interactions not present in the theory without an anomalous U(1). These additional interactions are compactly expressed through a superfield functional.