2013/01/31 by Sergei M. Kuzenko · 28 citations
Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Duality (order theory) #Nonlinear system #Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions #Quantum Mechanics and Non-Hermitian Physics #S-duality #Scalar (mathematics) #Superfield #Supersymmetric gauge theory #Supersymmetry #hep-th #math-ph #math.MP
paper · pdf · doi:10.1007/jhep03(2013)153
published in Journal of High Energy Physics 2013(3) (Springer Nature) · 22 pages. V2: references and comments added
arxiv created 2013/02/19 · openalex publication_date 2013/03/01 · arxiv updated 2015/06/12 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
We revisit the U(1) duality-invariant nonlinear models for N=1 and N=2 vector multiplets coupled to off-shell supergravities. For such theories we develop new formulations which make use of auxiliary chiral superfields (spinor in the N=1 case and scalar for N=2) and are characterized by the remarkable property that U(1) duality invariance is equivalent to the manifest U(1) invariance of the self-interaction. Our construction is inspired by the non-supersymmetric approach that was proposed by Ivanov and Zupnik a decade ago and recently re-discovered in the form of twisted self-duality.