TY  - JOUR
AU  - Weidner, Martin
TI  - Gauged supergravities in various spacetime dimensions
JO  - Fortschritte der Physik 
VL  - 55
IS  - 8
SN  - 0015-8208
VL  - Dr.
CY  - Berlin
PB  - Wiley-VCH
M1  - PUBDB-2022-07286
M1  - hep-th/0702084
M1  - DESY-THESIS-2006-033
SP  - 843-945
PY  - 2007
N1  - Ph.D.Thesis (Advisor: Henning Samtleben)
N1  - Universität Hamburg, Diss., 2007
AB  - In this review articel we study the gaugings of extended supergravity theories in various space-time dimensions. These theories describe the low-energy limit of non-trivial string compactifications. For each theory under consideration we review all possible gaugings that are compatible with supersymmetry. They are parameterized by the so-called embedding tensor which is a group theoretical object that has to satisfy certain representation constraints. This embedding tensor determines all couplings in the gauged theory that are necessary to preserve gauge invariance and supersymmetry. The concept of the embedding tensor and the general structure of the gauged supergravities are explained in detail. The methods are then applied to the half-maximal (N=4) supergravities in d=4 and d=5 and to the maximal supergravities in d=2 and d=7. Examples of particular gaugings are given. Whenever possible, the higher-dimensional origin of these theories is identified and it is shown how the compactification parameters like fluxes and torsion are contained in the embedding tensor.
LB  - PUB:(DE-HGF)16
UR  - <Go to ISI:>//WOS:000248680600001
DO  - DOI:10.1002/prop.200710390
UR  - https://bib-pubdb1.desy.de/record/486412
ER  -