ModMax meets Susy
Publication Date
2021Journal Title
Journal of High Energy Physics
ISSN
1029-8479
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Volume
2021
Issue
10
Language
en
Type
Article
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Bandos, I., Lechner, K., Sorokin, D., & Townsend, P. (2021). ModMax meets Susy. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2021 (10) https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP10(2021)031
Abstract
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</mml:math></jats:alternatives></jats:inline-formula> = 1 supersymmetrization of any (four-dimensional) nonlinear electrodynamics theory with a Lagrangian density satisfying a convexity condition that we relate to semi-classical unitarity. We apply it to the one-parameter ModMax extension of Maxwell electrodynamics that preserves both electromagnetic duality and conformal invariance, and its Born-Infeld-like generalization, proving that duality invariance is preserved. We also establish superconformal invariance of the superModMax theory by showing that its coupling to supergravity is super-Weyl invariant. The higher-derivative photino-field interactions that appear in any supersymmetric nonlinear electrodynamics theory are removed by an invertible nonlinear superfield redefinition.</jats:p>
Keywords
Regular Article - Theoretical Physics, Conformal and W Symmetry, Duality in Gauge Field Theories, Supersymmetry and Duality, Supersymmetry Breaking
Identifiers
jhep10(2021)031, 16825
External DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP10(2021)031
This record's URL: https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/333293
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