A new massive type IIA supergravity from compactification

P. S. Howe*, N. D. Lambert, P. C. West

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Abstract

We consider a more general form for eleven dimensional supersymmetry which is still compatible with on-shell superfields. This allows for the introduction of a conformal Spin(1,10) connection. In eleven dimensional Minkowski space this modification is trivial and can be removed by a field redefinition, however, upon compactification on S1 it is possible to introduce a non-trivial "Wilson line". The resulting ten dimensional supergravity has massive 1-form and 3-form potentials and a cosmological constant. This theory does not possess a supersymmetric eight-brane soliton but it does admit a supersymmetric non-static cosmological solution.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)303-308
Number of pages6
JournalPhysics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
Volume416
Issue number3-4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 8 Jan 1998

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