Weyl covariance, and proposals for superconformal prepotentials in 10D superspaces

Abstract Proposals are made to describe the Weyl scaling transformation laws of supercovariant derivatives ∇ A , the torsion supertensors T AB C , and curvature supertensors R ABc d in 10D superspaces. Starting from the proposal that an unconstrained supergravity prepotential for the 11D, N $$ \math...

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Main Authors: S. James Gates, Yangrui Hu, S.-N. Hazel Mak
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2021-03-01
Series:Journal of High Energy Physics
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP03(2021)074
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Summary:Abstract Proposals are made to describe the Weyl scaling transformation laws of supercovariant derivatives ∇ A , the torsion supertensors T AB C , and curvature supertensors R ABc d in 10D superspaces. Starting from the proposal that an unconstrained supergravity prepotential for the 11D, N $$ \mathcal{N} $$ = 1 theory is described by a scalar superfield, considerations for supergravity prepotentials in the 10D theories are enumerated. We derive infinitesimal 10D superspace Weyl transformation laws and discover ten possible 10D, N $$ \mathcal{N} $$ = 1 superfield supergravity prepotentials. The first identification of all off-shell ten dimensional supergeometrical Weyl field strength tensors, constructed from respective torsions, is presented.
ISSN:1029-8479