F-theory superspace backgrounds
arXiv:1910.01710
Abstract
F-theory is the theory proposed to incorporate superstring theory in a way such that STU dualities are manifest. A useful description uses a current superalgebra on a higher-dimensional worldvolume, following from an action for a selfdual gauge field. Here the group "metric" appearing in the Schwinger (central charge) term of this current superalgebra is generalized to a tensor, in analogy to the usual generalization of the structure constants to the torsion (and curvature). This allows introduction of a massless background describing F-supergravity on the original bosonic worldvolume. The isotropy group is represented on superspace, while the (exceptional) symmetry is represented on the worldvolume. As an example, we solve off shell the linearized superspace constraints of the massless sector of the F-theory that generalizes the N=2 supergravity (+ matter) of 3D S(tring)-theory, the corresponding manifestly T-dual theory of T-theory, and the N=1 supergravity of 4D M-theory. The results for the prepotential, its gauge transformation, and action agree with those that were derived previously without reference to the current algebra of the full F-theory.
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