Gauss-Bonnet Supergravity in Six Dimensions


Novak J., Özkan M., Pang Y., Tartaglino-Mazzucchelli G.

PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, vol.119, no.11, 2017 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 119 Issue: 11
  • Publication Date: 2017
  • Doi Number: 10.1103/physrevlett.119.111602
  • Journal Name: PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Istanbul Technical University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

The supersymmetrization of curvature squared terms is important in the study of the low-energy limit of compactified superstrings where a distinguished role is played by the Gauss-Bonnet combination, which is ghost-free. In this Letter, we construct its off-shell N = (1, 0) supersymmetrization in six dimensions for the first time. By studying this invariant together with the supersymmetric Einstein-Hilbert term, we confirm and extend known results of the alpha'-corrected string theory compactified to six dimensions. Finally, we analyze the spectrum about the AdS(3) x S-3 solution.