TY - JOUR
T1 - Options for gauge groups in five-dimensional supergravity
AU - Ellis, John
AU - Günaydin, Murat
AU - Zagermann, Marco
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PY - 2001
Y1 - 2001
N2 - Motivated by the possibility that physics may be effectively five-dimensional over some range of distance scales, we study the possible gaugings of five-dimensional N = 2 supergravity. Using a constructive approach, we derive the conditions that must be satisfied by the scalar fields in the vector, tensor and hypermultiplets if a given global symmetry is to be gaugeable. We classify all those theories that admit the gauging of a compact group that is either abelian or semi-simple, or a direct product of a semi-simple and an abelian group. In the absence of tensor multiplets, either the gauge group must be semi-simple or the abelian part has to be U(1)R and/or an abelian isometry of the hyperscalar manifold. On the other hand, in the presence of tensor multiplets the gauge group cannot be semi-simple. As an illustrative exercise, we show how the Standard Model SU(3) × SU(2) × U(1) group may be gauged in five-dimensional N = 2 supergravity. We also show how previous special results may be recovered within our general formalism.
AB - Motivated by the possibility that physics may be effectively five-dimensional over some range of distance scales, we study the possible gaugings of five-dimensional N = 2 supergravity. Using a constructive approach, we derive the conditions that must be satisfied by the scalar fields in the vector, tensor and hypermultiplets if a given global symmetry is to be gaugeable. We classify all those theories that admit the gauging of a compact group that is either abelian or semi-simple, or a direct product of a semi-simple and an abelian group. In the absence of tensor multiplets, either the gauge group must be semi-simple or the abelian part has to be U(1)R and/or an abelian isometry of the hyperscalar manifold. On the other hand, in the presence of tensor multiplets the gauge group cannot be semi-simple. As an illustrative exercise, we show how the Standard Model SU(3) × SU(2) × U(1) group may be gauged in five-dimensional N = 2 supergravity. We also show how previous special results may be recovered within our general formalism.
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U2 - 10.1088/1126-6708/2001/11/024
DO - 10.1088/1126-6708/2001/11/024
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:33744758985
SN - 1029-8479
VL - 5
SP - 1
EP - 32
JO - Journal of High Energy Physics
JF - Journal of High Energy Physics
IS - 11
ER -