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A<sc>bstract</sc> An extended search for anomaly free matter coupledN= (1,0) supergravity in six dimension is carried out by two different methods which we refer to as the graphical and rank methods. In the graphical method the anomaly free models are built from single gauge group models, called nodes, which can only have gravitational anomalies. We search for anomaly free theories with gauge groupsG1× … ×Gnwithn= 1,2,… (any number of factors) andG1× … ×Gn×U(1)Rwheren= 1,2,3 andU(1)Ris theR-symmetry group. While we primarily consider models with the tensor multiplet numbernT= 1, we also provide some results fornT≠ 1 with an unconstrained number of charged hypermultiplets. We find a large number of ungauged anomaly free theories. However, in the case ofR-symmetry gauged models withnT= 1, in addition to the three known anomaly free theories withG1×G2×U(1)Rtype symmetry, we find only six new remarkably anomaly free models with symmetry groups of the formG1×G2×G3×U(1)R. In the case ofnT= 1 and ungauged models, excluding low rank group factors and considering only low lying representations, we find all anomaly free theories. Remarkably, the number of group factors does not exceed four in this class. The proof of completeness in this case relies on a bound which we establish for a parameter characterizing the difference between the number of non-singlet hypermultiplets and the dimension of the gauge group.
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Higher derivative couplings with multi-tensor multiplets in 6D supergravity, action and anomalies
A<sc>bstract</sc> We revisit six-dimensional (1, 0) supergravity coupled tonTtensor multiplets and Yang-Mills fields fornT> 1 for which no covariant action exists. We construct the action in the Henneaux-Teitelboim approach and in the presence of a gauge anomaly. We moreover obtain the supersymmetric Green-Schwarz counterterm for the gravitational anomaly for arbitrary matter content.
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- Award ID(s):
- 2413006
- PAR ID:
- 10621623
- Publisher / Repository:
- JHEP
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- Journal of High Energy Physics
- Volume:
- 2025
- Issue:
- 3
- ISSN:
- 1029-8479
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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