Symmetries and compactifications of (4,0) conformal gravity

@article{Hull2000SymmetriesAC,
  title={Symmetries and compactifications of (4,0) conformal gravity},
  author={Christopher M. Hull},
  journal={Journal of High Energy Physics},
  year={2000},
  volume={2000},
  pages={007-007}
}
  • C. Hull
  • Published 23 November 2000
  • Mathematics, Physics
  • Journal of High Energy Physics
The free (4,0) superconformal theory in 6 dimensions and its toroidal dimensional reductions are studied. The reduction to four dimensions on a 2-torus has an SL(2,) duality symmetry that acts non-trivially on the linearised gravity sector, interchanging the linearised Einstein equations and Bianchi identities and giving a self-duality between strong and weak coupling regimes. The possibility of this extending to an interacting form of the theory is discussed and implications for the non… 
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