Supersymmetric R$^4$ actions and quantum corrections to superspace torsion constraints

Kasper Peeters (1, 2) , P. Vanhove (1, 2, 3) , Anders Westerberg (1, 4)

1 CERN - European Organization for Nuclear Research
2 CMS - Faculty of mathematics Centre for Mathematical Sciences [Cambridge]
3 IPHT - Institut de Physique Théorique - UMR CNRS 3681
4 NORDITA - Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics

We present the supersymmetrisation of the anomaly-related R$^4$ term in eleven dimensions and show that it induces no non-trivial modifications to the on-shell supertranslation algebra and the superspace torsion constraints before inclusion of gauge-field terms.

Domaines: Physique des Hautes Energies - Théorie [hep-th]

Kasper Peeters, P. Vanhove, Anders Westerberg. Supersymmetric R$^4$ actions and quantum corrections to superspace torsion constraints. Noncommutative Structures in Mathematics and Physics, 22, Kluwer Academic Publishers, pp.153-159, 2001, NATO Science Series II: Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry, ⟨10.1007/978-94-010-0836-5_12⟩. ⟨hal-00003611⟩