On the Inconsistency of Fayet-Iliopoulos Terms in Supergravity Theories

Details On the Inconsistency of Fayet-Iliopoulos Terms in Supergravity Theories On the Inconsistency of Fayet-Iliopoulos Terms in Supergravity Theories

2009-11-04

arxiv.org/abs/0911.0677v2

Phys.Rev.D81:065023,2010

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Theory

Comments: 69 pages, LaTeX, 2 figures, 7 tables. Significant new material on conformal-compensator formalisms added, previous r

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevD.81.065023

Motivated by recent discussions, we revisit the issue of whether globally supersymmetric theories with non-zero Fayet-Iliopoulos terms may be consistently coupled to supergravity. In particular, we examine claims that a fundamental inconsistency arises due to the conflicting requirements which are imposed on the $R$-symmetry properties of the theory by the supergravity framework. We also prove that certain kinds of Fayet-Iliopoulos contributions to the supercurrent supermultiplets of theories with non-zero Fayet-Iliopoulos terms fail to exist. A key feature of our discussion is an explicit comparison between results from the chiral (or ``old minimal'') and linear (or ``new minimal'') formulations of supergravity, and the effects within each of these formalisms that are induced by the presence of non-zero Fayet-Iliopoulos terms.

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