Hidden symmetries of supersymmetric p-form gauge theories

Friedemann Brandt

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Submission date: 20. Sep. 2000
Pages: 8
published in: Physics Letters / B, 494 (2000) 3-4, p. 325-331 
DOI number (of the published article): 10.1016/S0370-2693(00)01199-0
Bibtex
PACS-Numbers: 11.30.Pb, 11.30.-j, 11.15.-q
Keywords and phrases: p-form gauge fields, supersymmetry, conservation laws, central charges, duality
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Abstract:
Field theories with p-form gauge potentials can possess "hidden" symmetries leaving the field strengths invariant on-shell without being gauge symmetries on-shell. The relevance of such symmetries to supersymmetric models is discussed. They provide central charges of supersymmetry algebras, play a particular role in duality relations, and lead to peculiar interactions. A multiplet of N=2 supersymmetry in four dimensions with two hidden central charges is presented.