TY - JOUR
T1 - IIB, or not IIB
T2 - That is the question
AU - Günaydin, M.
AU - Romans, L. J.
AU - Warner, N. P.
PY - 1985/12/12
Y1 - 1985/12/12
N2 - The construction is given for gauged N = 8 supergravity in five dimensions with gauge group SU(3,1). It is shown that this theory has an additional SU(2) global symmetry as well as a local composite USp(8) gauge symmetry. The scalar potential has a critical point which breaks the gauge symmetry down to SU(3)×U(1) and the supersymmetry down to N = 2, with the massless gravitinos transforming in a doublet of the global SU(2). The cosmological constant is zero, allowing compactification on a circle down to four dimensions. The relationship of this theory to IIB superstrings and to N = 2 Yang-Mills-Einstein supergravity theories is discussed.
AB - The construction is given for gauged N = 8 supergravity in five dimensions with gauge group SU(3,1). It is shown that this theory has an additional SU(2) global symmetry as well as a local composite USp(8) gauge symmetry. The scalar potential has a critical point which breaks the gauge symmetry down to SU(3)×U(1) and the supersymmetry down to N = 2, with the massless gravitinos transforming in a doublet of the global SU(2). The cosmological constant is zero, allowing compactification on a circle down to four dimensions. The relationship of this theory to IIB superstrings and to N = 2 Yang-Mills-Einstein supergravity theories is discussed.
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U2 - 10.1016/0370-2693(85)90332-6
DO - 10.1016/0370-2693(85)90332-6
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0000333887
VL - 164
SP - 309
EP - 314
JO - Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
JF - Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
SN - 0370-2693
IS - 4-6
ER -