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Axion gauge symmetries and generalized Chern-Simons terms inN=1 supersymmetric theories

M. A. LledoLaura Maria AndrianopoliSergio Ferrara

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High Energy Physics - TheoryPhysicsNuclear and High Energy PhysicsHigh Energy Physics::PhenomenologyChern–Simons theoryFísicaFOS: Physical sciencesSuperstring theoryGauge (firearms)SuperspaceHigh Energy Physics::Theorysymbols.namesakeTheoretical physicsHigh Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)Dimensional reductionHomogeneous spacesymbolsAxionParticle Physics - TheoryLagrangian

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We compute the form of the Lagrangian of N=1 supersymmetric theories with gauged axion symmetries. It turns out that there appear generalized Chern-Simons terms that were not considered in previous superspace formulations of general N=1 theories. Such gaugings appear in supergravities arising from flux compactifications of superstrings, as well as from Scherk-Schwarz generalized dimensional reduction in M-theory. We also present the dual superspace formulation where axion chiral multiplets are dualized into linear multiplets.

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2004-02-18Journal of High Energy Physics
https://doi.org/10.1088/1126-6708/2004/04/005