Abstract
All N=4 conformal supergravities in four space-time dimensions are constructed. These are the only N=4 supergravity theories whose actions are invariant under off-shell supersymmetry. They are encoded in terms of a holomorphic function that is homogeneous of zeroth degree in scalar fields that parametrize an SU(1,1)/U(1) coset space. When this function equals a constant the Lagrangian is invariant under continuous SU(1,1) transformations. The construction of these higher-derivative invariants also opens the door to various applications for non-conformal theories.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 081602 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Physical Review Letters |
| Volume | 118 |
| Issue number | 8 |
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| Publication status | Published - 24 Feb 2017 |