E. Sezgin

6D Dyonic String With Active Hyperscalars (2006)

The reduction of ten-dimensional heterotic supergravity with Yang-Mills symmetry group K is performed on an arbitrary n-dimensional group manifold G. The reduction involves a nonvanishing 3-form...

Jong, D. C., Kaya, A., Sezgin, E.

We derive the necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of a Killing spinor in N=(1,0) gauge supergravity in six dimensions coupled to a single tensor multiplet, vector multiplets and...

Noncompact gaugings, chiral reduction and dual sigma models in supergravity (2006)

Jong, D.C., Bergshoeff, E., Sezgin, E.

We show that the half-maximal SU(2) gauged supergravity with a topological mass term admits coupling of an arbitrary number of n vector multiplets. The chiral circle reduction of the ungauged theory...

On an Exact Cosmological Solution of Higher Spin Gauge Theory (2005)

Noncompact gaugings, chiral reduction and dual sigma models in supergravity (2005)

We review our recent exact solution to four-dimensional higher spin gauge theory invariant under a higher spin extension of SO(3,1) and we comment on its cosmological interpretation. We find an...

Bergshoeff, E., Jong, D. C., Sezgin, E.

We show that the half-maximal SU(2) gauged supergravity with topological mass term admits coupling of an arbitrary number of n vector multiplets. The chiral circle reduction of the ungauged theory in...

An Exact Solution of 4D Higher-Spin Gauge Theory (2005)

On Higher Spins with a Strong Sp(2,R) Condition (2005)

We give a one-parameter family of exact solutions to four-dimensional higher-spin gauge theory invariant under a deformed higher-spin extension of SO(3,1) and parameterized by a zero-form invariant....

Sagnotti, A., Sezgin, E., Sundell, P.

We report on an analysis of the Vasiliev construction for minimal bosonic higher-spin master fields with oscillators that are vectors of SO(D-1,2) and doublets of Sp(2,R). We show that, if the...

The supermembrane revisited (2004)

Scalar Potential and Dyonic Strings in 6D Gauged Supergravity (2004)

The M2-brane is studied from the perspective of superembeddings. We review the derivation of the M2-brane dynamics and the supergravity constraints from the standard superembedding constraint and we...

Randjbar-Daemi, S., Sezgin, E.

In this paper we first give a simple parametrization of the scalar coset manifold of the only known anomaly free chiral gauged supergravity in six dimensions in the absence of linear multiplets,...

Fine tuning and six-dimensional gauged N =(1, 0) supergravity vacua (2004)

Güven, R, Liu, James T., Pope, C. N., Sezgin, E

We find a new family of supersymmetric vacuum solutions in the six-dimensional chiral gauged N = (1, 0) supergravity theory. They are generically of the form AdS3 × S3, where the 3-sphere is...

Multi-Spin Giants (2003)

Arapoglu, S., Deger, N. S., Kaya, A., Sezgin, E., Sundell, P.

We examine spherical p-branes in AdS_m x S^n, that wrap an S^p in either AdS_m (p=m-2) or S^n (p=n-2). We first construct a two-spin giant solution expanding in S^n and has spins both in AdS_m and...

Fine Tuning and Six-Dimensional Gauged $N=(1,0)$ Supergravity Vacua (2003)

Guven, R., Liu, James T., Pope, C. N., Sezgin, E.

We find a new family of supersymmetric vacuum solutions in the six-dimensional chiral gauged N=(1,0) supergravity theory. They are generically of the form AdS_3 x S^3, where the 3-sphere is squashed...

Yang-Mills-Chern-Simons Supergravity (2003)

Holography in 4D (Super) Higher Spin Theories and a Test via Cubic Scalar Couplings (2003)

N=(1,0) supergravity in six dimensions admits AdS_3\times S^3 as a vacuum solution. We extend our recent results presented in hep-th/0212323, by obtaining the complete N=4 Yang-Mills-Chern-Simons...

SU(2) Reduction of Six-dimensional (1,0) Supergravity (2002)

The correspondences proposed previously between higher spin gauge theories and free singleton field theories were recently extended into a more complete picture by Klebanov and Polyakov in the case...

Superspace Formulation of 4D Higher Spin Gauge Theory (2002)

We obtain a gauged supergravity theory in three dimensions with eight real supersymmetries by means of a Scherk-Schwarz reduction of pure N=(1,0) supergravity in six dimension on the SU(2) group...

Engquist, J., Sezgin, E., Sundell, P.

Interacting AdS_4 higher spin gauge theories with N \geq 1 supersymmetry so far have been formulated as constrained systems of differential forms living in a twistor extension of 4D spacetime. Here...

On N=1,2,4 Higher Spin Gauge Theories in Four Dimensions (2002)

Engquist, J., Sezgin, E., Sundell, P.

We study N=1,2,4 higher spin superalgebras in four dimensions and higher spin gauge theories based on them. We extend the existing minimal N=2,4 theories and find a minimal N=1 theory. Utilizing the...

Analysis of Higher Spin Field Equations in Four Dimensions (2002)

Massless Higher Spins and Holography (2002)

The minimal bosonic higher spin gauge theory in four dimensions contains massless particles of spin s=0,2,4,.. that arise in the symmetric product of two spin 0 singletons. It is based on an infinite...

7D Bosonic Higher Spin Theory: Symmetry Algebra and Linearized Constraints (2001)

We treat free large N superconformal field theories as holographic duals of higher spin (HS) gauge theories expanded around AdS spacetime with radius R. The HS gauge theories contain massless and...

Towards Massless Higher Spin Extension of D=5, N=8 Gauged Supergravity (2001)

We construct the minimal bosonic higher spin extension of the 7D AdS algebra SO(6,2), which we call hs(8*). The generators, which have spin s=1,3,5,..., are realized as monomials in Grassmann even...

Doubletons and 5D Higher Spin Gauge Theory (2001)

The AdS_5 superalgebra PSU(2,2|4) has an infinite dimensional extension, which we denote by hs(2,2|4). We show that the gauging of hs(2,2|4) gives rise to a spectrum of physical massless fields which...

Superconformal tensor calculus and matter couplings in six dimensions (vol 264, pg 653, 1986) (2001)

We use Grassmann even spinor oscillators to construct a bosonic higher spin extension hs(2,2) of the five-dimensional anti-de Sitter algebra SU(2,2), and show that the gauging of hs(2,2) gives rise...

Bergshoeff, E, Sezgin, E

On Curvature Expansion of Higher Spin Gauge Theory (2000)

(2,0) Chern-Simons Supergravity Plus Matter Near the Boundary of AdS_3 (2000)

We examine the curvature expansion of a the field equations of a four-dimensional higher spin gauge theory extension of anti-de Sitter gravity. The theory contains massless particles of spin...

Deger, N. S., Kaya, A., Sezgin, E., Sundell, P., Tanii, Y.

We examine the boundary behaviour of the gauged N=(2,0) supergravity in D=3 coupled to an arbitrary number of scalar supermultiplets which parametrize a Kahler manifold. In addition to the...

Codimension One Branes (2000)

Howe, P. S., Kaya, A., Sezgin, E., Sundell, P.

We study codimension one branes, i.e. p-branes in (p+2)-dimensions, in the superembedding approach for the cases where the worldvolume superspace is embedded in a minimal target superspace with half...

Matter Coupled AdS_3 Supergravities and Their Black Strings (1999)

Deger, N. S., Kaya, A., Sezgin, E., Sundell, P.

We couple n copies of N=(2,0) scalar multiplets to a gauged N=(2,0) supergravity in 2+1 dimensions which admits AdS_3 as a vacuum. The scalar fields are charged under the gauged R-symmetry group U(1)...

Higher Spin N=8 Supergravity in AdS_4 (1999)

Aspects of the M5-Brane (1999)

We review the basic structure of the higher spin extension of D=4, N=8 AdS supergravity. The theory is obtained by gauging the higher spin superalgebra shs^E(8|4) by a procedure pioneered by...

(2,0) tensor multiplets and conformal supergravity in D=6 (1999)

The kappa symmetry of an open M2-brane ending on an M5-brane requires geometrical constraints on the embedding of the system in target superspace. These constraints lead to the M5-brane equations of...

Bergshoeff, E, Sezgin, E

K.U.Leuven, Faculteit Wetenschappen, Departement Natuurkunde, Celestijnenlaan 200D, 3001 Leuven

Properties of Gauged Sigma Models (1998)

Percacci, R., Sezgin, E.

Nonlinear sigma models arise in supergravity theories with or without matter couplings in various dimensions and they are important in understanding the duality symmetries of M-theory. With this...

L-branes (1998)

Howe, P. S., Raetzel, O., Rudychev, I., Sezgin, E.

The superembedding approach to $p$-branes is used to study a class of $p$-branes which have linear multiplets on the worldvolume. We refer to these branes as L-branes. Although linear multiplets are...

Topics in M-Theory (1998)

Anomaly-Free Tensor-Yang-Mills System and Its Dual Formulation (1998)

We give a brief history of the passage from strings to branes and we review some aspects of the following topics in M-theory: (a) an extended brane scan, (b) superembedding approach to the dynamics...

Higher Spin N=8 Supergravity (1998)

We consider the (1,0) supersymmetric Yang-Mills multiplet coupled to a self-dual tensor multiplet in six dimensions. It is shown that the counterterm required to cancel the one-loop gauge anomaly...

Spectrum of D=6, N=4b Supergravity on AdS_3 x S^3 (1998)

The product of two N=8 supersingletons yields an infinite tower of massless states of higher spin in four dimensional anti de Sitter space. All the states with spin s > 1/2 correspond to generators...

Deger, S., Kaya, A., Sezgin, E., Sundell, P.

The complete spectrum of D=6, N=4b supergravity with n tensor multiplets compactified on AdS_3 x S^3 is determined. The D=6 theory obtained from the K_3 compactification of Type IIB string requires...

On Brane Actions and Superembeddings (1998)

Howe, P. S., Raetzel, O., Sezgin, E.

Actions for branes, with or without worldsurface gauge fields, are discussed in a unified framework. A simple algorithm is given for constructing the component Green-Schwarz actions. Superspace...

Open Superbranes (1998)

Chu, C. S., Howe, P. S., Sezgin, E., West, P. C.

Open branes ending on other branes, which may be referred to as the host branes, are studied in the superembedding formalism. The open brane, host brane and the target space in which they are both...

Strings and D-Branes with Boundaries (1998)

Chu, C. S., Howe, P. S., Sezgin, E.

The covariant field equations of ten-dimensional super D-branes are obtained by considering fundamental strings whose ends lie in the superworldsurface of the D-brane. By considering in a similar...

Supersymmetry in Dimensions Beyond Eleven (1997)

Rudychev, I., Sezgin, E., Sundell, P.

Spacetime superalgebras with 64 or less number of real supercharges, containing the type IIB Poincare superalgebra in (9,1) dimensions and the N=1 Poincare superalgebra in (10,1) are considered. The...

Superparticles, p-Form Coordinates and the BPS Condition (1997)

Rudychev, I., Sezgin, E.

A model for $n$ superparticles in $(d-n,n)$ dimensions is studied. The target space supersymmetry involves a product of $n$ momentum generators, and the action has $n(n+1)/2$ local bosonic symmetries...

M-Fivebrane from the Open Supermembrane (1997)

Chu, C. S., Sezgin, E.

Covariant field equations of M-fivebrane in eleven dimensional curved superspace are obtained from the requirement of kappa-symmetry of an open supermembrane ending on a fivebrane. The worldvolume of...

Aspects of Superembeddings (1997)

Howe, P. S., Sezgin, E., West, P. C.

Some aspects of the geometry of superembeddings and its application to supersymmetric extended objects are discussed. In particular, the embeddings of (3|16) and (6|16) dimensional superspaces into...

Superparticles in D>11 (1997)

Rudychev, I., Sezgin, E.

Actions for two-superparticle system in (10,2) dimensions and three-superparticle systems in (11,3) dimensions are constructed. These actions have worldline bosonic and fermionic local symmetries,...

The Six Dimensional Self-Dual Tensor (1997)

Howe, P. S., Sezgin, E., West, P. C.

The equations of motion for a self-interacting self-dual tensor in six dimensions are extracted from the equations describing the M-theory five-brane. These equations are presented in a...

Covariant Field Equations of the M Theory Five-Brane (1997)

Howe, P. S., Sezgin, E., West, P. C.

The component form of the equations of motion for the 5-brane in eleven-dimensions is derived from the superspace equations. These equations are fully covariant in six-dimensions. It is shown that...

Chiral Reductions of the M-Algebra (1996)

We present the chiral truncation of the eleven dimensional M-algebra down to ten and six dimensions. In ten dimensions, we obtain a topological extension of the $(1,0)$ Poincar\'e superalgebra that...

D=11, p=5 (1996)

The equations of motion of the super five-brane in D=11 dimensions are derived using the formalism of superembeddings. The equations describe highly nonlinear self-interactions of a tensor multiplet...

Superbranes (1996)

Howe, Paul S, Sezgin, E

A large class of supersymmetric extended objects is considered from the viewpoint of embeddings of super worldsurfaces into target superspaces. It is shown that a simple geometrical condition leads...

Superbranes (1996)

Couplings of self-dual tensor multiplet in six dimensions (1996)

A large class of supersymmetric extended objects is considered from the viewpoint of embeddings of super worldsurfaces into target superspaces. It is shown that a simple geometrical condition leads...

Bergshoeff, E., Sezgin, E., Sokatchev, E.

The (1,0) supersymmetry in six dimensions admits a tensor multiplet which contains a second-rank antisymmetric tensor field with a self-dual field strength and a dilaton. We describe the fully...

Is There a Stringy Description of Self-Dual Supergravity in 2+2 Dimensions? (1996)

Couplings of self-dual tensor multiplet in six dimensions (1996)

The well known N=2 string theory describes self-dual gravity, as was shown by Ooguri and Vafa sometime ago. In search of a variant of this theory which would describe self-dual supergravity in 2+2...

Sokatchev, E., Sezgin, E., Bergshoeff, E.

The (1, 0) supersymmetry in six dimensions admits a tensor multiplet which contains a second-rank antisymmetric tensor field with a self-dual field strength and a dilaton. We describe the fully...

Super p-Form Charges and a Reformulation of the Supermembrane Action in Eleven Dimensions (1995)

Dilatonic p-brane solitons (1995)

We discuss an extension of the super-Poincar\'e algebra in $D=11$ which includes an extra fermionic charge and super two-form charges. We give a geometrical reformulation of the $D=11$ supermembrane...

Lu, H., Pope, C. N., Sezgin, E., Stelle, K. S.

We find new 4-brane and 5-brane solitons in massive gauged $D=6$, $N=2$ and $D=7$, $N=1$ supergravities. In each case, the solutions preserve half of the original supersymmetry. These solutions make...

Physical states for non-linear $SO(N)$ strings (1995)

Khviengia, Z., Lu, H., Pope, C. N., Sezgin, E.

We study some low-lying physical states in a superstring theory based on the quadratically non-linear $SO(N)$--extended superconformal algebra. In the realisation of the algebra that we use, all the...

Supermembranes with fewer supersymmetries (1995)

Duff, M. J., Lu, H., Pope, C. N., Sezgin, E.

The usual supermembrane solution of $D=11$ supergravity interpolates between $R^{11}$ and $AdS_4 \times round~S^7$, has symmetry $P_3 \times SO(8)$ and preserves $1/2$ of the spacetime...

Stainless super p-branes (1995)

Lu, H., Pope, C. N., Sezgin, E., Stelle, K. S.

The elementary and solitonic supersymmetric $p$-brane solutions to supergravity theories form families related by dimensional reduction, each headed by a maximal (`stainless') member that cannot be...

Super p-Brane Theories and New Spacetime Superalgebras (1995)

$N=1$ Superstring in $2+2$ Dimensions (1995)

We present a geometric formulation of super $p$--brane theories in which the Wess--Zumino term is $(p+1)$--th order in the supersymmetric currents, and hence is manifestly supersymmetric. The...

Khviengia, Z., Lu, H., Pope, C. N., Sezgin, E., Wang, X. J., Xu, K. W.

In this paper we construct a $(2,2)$ dimensional string theory with manifest $N=1$ spacetime supersymmetry. We use Berkovits' approach of augmenting the spacetime supercoordinates by the conjugate...

A Search for New (2,2) Strings (1995)

Super p-brane theories and new spacetime superalgebras (1995)

There are at present two known string theories in $(2,2)$ dimensions. One of them is the well known $N=2$ string, and the other one is a more recently constructed $N=1$ spacetime supersymmetric...

Superconformal Sigma Models in Higher Than Two Dimensions (1994)

We present a geometric formulation of super p-brane theories in which the Wess-Zumino term is (p + 1)-th order in the supersymmetric currents, and hence is manifestly supersymmetric. The currents are...

Sezgin, E., Tanii, Y.

Rigidly superconformal sigma models in higher than two dimensions are constructed. These models rely on the existence of conformal Killing spinors on the $p+1$ dimensional worldvolume $(p\le 5)$, and...

Spacetime and Worldvolume Supersymmetric Super p-Brane Actions (1994)

Search for Duality Symmetries in p-Brane Theories (1994)

We review the salient features of spacetime and worldvolume supersymmetric super p-brane actions. These are sigma models for maps from a worldvolume superspace to the target superspace. For p-branes,...

A Superstring Theory in 2+2 Dimensions (1994)

The requirement of an $SL(2)$ duality symmetry, mixing the worldvolume field equations with Bianchi identities, leads to a highly nonlinear equation involving the transformation parameters and...

Khviengia, Z., Lu, H., Pope, C. N., Sezgin, E., Wang, X. J., Xu, K. W.

In this paper we construct a $(2,2)$ dimensional string theory with manifest $N=1$ spacetime supersymmetry. We use Berkovits' approach of augmenting the spacetime supercoordinates by the conjugate...

On Target-Space Duality in p-Branes (1994)

Percacci, R., Sezgin, E.

We study the target-space duality transformations in $p$--branes as transformations which mix the worldvolume field equations with Bianchi identities. We consider an $(m+p+1)$-dimensional spacetime...

Twistor-like formulation of super p-branes (1994)

On Nonlinear Superconformal Algebras With N > 4 (1993)

Closed super (p + 2)-forms in target superspace are relevant for the construction of the usual super p-brane actions. Here we construct closed super (p + 1)-forms on a worldvolume superspace. They...

Khviengia, Z., Sezgin, E.

We discuss the structure, realizations and quantum BRST operators of a class of nonlinear superconformal algebras with N > 4.

Twistor-like Formulation of Super p-Branes (1993)

Aspects of $\kappa$--symmetry (1993)

Closed super (p+2)-forms in target superspace are relevant for the construction of the usual super p-brane actions. Here we construct closed super (p+1)-forms on a {\it worldvolume superspace}. They...

BRST Operator for Superconformal Algebras with Quadratic Nonlinearity (1993)

We review various aspects of a fermionic gauge symmetry, known as the $\kappa$--symmetry, which plays an important role in formulations of superstrings, supermembranes and higher dimensional extended...

Khviengia, Z., Sezgin, E.

We construct the quantum BRST operators for a large class of superconformal and quasi--superconformal algebras with quadratic nonlinearity. The only free parameter in these algebras is the level of...

U(1)-extended gauge algebras in p-loop space (1993)

Townsend, P.K., Stelle, K.S., Sezgin, E., Percacci, R., Bergshoeff, E.

We consider, for p odd, a p-brane coupled to a (p + 1)th-rank background antisymmetric tensor field and to background Yang—Mills (YM) fields via a Wess—Zumino term. We obtain the generators of...

Self duality and supersymmetry (1992)

$U(1)$--Extended Gauge Algebras in $p$-Loop Space (1992)

Chiral/self-dual restrictions of various super Yang-Mills and supergravity theories in (2,2) dimensions are described. These include the N=1 supergravity with a cosmological term and the N=1 new...

Bergshoeff, E., Percacci, R., Sezgin, E., Stelle, K. S., Townsend, P. K.

We consider, for $p$ odd, a $p$--brane coupled to a $(p+1)$th rank background antisymmetric tensor field and to background Yang-Mills (YM) fields {\it via} a Wess-Zumino term. We obtain the...

Symmetries of P-Branes (1992)

Percacci, R., Sezgin, E.

Using canonical methods, we study the invariance properties of a bosonic $p$--brane propagating in a curved background locally diffeomorphic to $M\times G$, where $M$ is spacetime and $G$ a group...

Discrete States in the $W_3$ String (1992)

Pope, C. N., Sezgin, E., Stelle, K. S., Wang, X. J.

We construct the low-lying discrete states of the two-scalar $W_3$ string. This includes states that correspond to the analogues of the ground ring generators of the ordinary two-dimensional string....

Nonlinear Realisations of $w_{1+\infty}$ (1992)

Sezgin, E., Stelle, K. S.

The nonlinear scalar-field realisation of $w_{1+\infty}$ symmetry in $d=2$ dimensions is studied in analogy to the nonlinear realisation of $d=4$ conformal symmetry $SO(4,2)$. The $w_{1+\infty}$...

Self-Dual Supergravity Theories in 2+2 Dimensions (1992)

Self-Duality in 3+3 Dimensions and the KP Equation (1992)

Starting from the new minimal multiplet of supergravity in $2+2$ dimensions, we construct two types of self-dual supergravity theories. One of them involves a self-duality condition on the Riemann...

Das, A., Sezgin, E., Khviengia, Z.

We consider two types of generalized self-duality conditions for Yang-Mills fields on paracomplex manifolds of arbitrary dimension. We then specialize to $3+3$ dimensions and show how one can obtain...

Area-Preserving Diffeomorphisms, w_\infty Algebras and w_\infty Gravity (1992)

The Coupling of Yang-Mills to Extended Objects (1992)

The w_\infty algebra is a particular generalization of the Virasoro algebra with generators of higher spin 2,3,...,\infty. It can be viewed as the algebra of a class of functions, relative to a...

Dixon, J. A., Duff, M. J., Sezgin, E.

The coupling of Yang-Mills fields to the heterotic string in bosonic formulation is generalized to extended objects of higher dimension (p-branes). For odd p, the Bianchi identities obeyed by the...

Aspects of W_\INFTY Symmetry (1991)

Quantum Mechanics on the Circle and W_{1+\INFTY} (1991)

We review the structure of W_\infty algebras, their super and topological extensions, and their contractions down to (super) w_\infty. Emphasis is put on the field theoretic realisations of these...

Floreanini, R., Percacci, R., Sezgin, E.

The algebra W_{1+\infty} with central charge c=0 can be identified with the algebra of quantum observables of a particle moving on a circle. Mathematically, it is the universal enveloping algebra of...

The Super W_\INFTY Symmetry of the Manin-Radul Super KP Hierarchy (1991)

Das, A., Sezgin, E., Sin, S. J.

We show that the Manin-Radul super KP hierarchy is invariant under super W_\infty transformations. These transformations are characterized by time dependent flows which commute with the usual flows...

The $W_3$-string spectrum (1991)

Pope, C. N., Romans, L. J., Sezgin, E., Stelle, K. S.

We study the spectrum of $W_3$ strings. In particular, we show that for appropriately chosen space-time signature, one of the scalar fields is singled out by the spin-3 constraint and is ``frozen'':...

Ten-dimensional supergravity from light-like integrability in loop superspace (1991)

Sokatchev, E., Sezgin, E., Pope, C.N., Howe, P.S., Bergshoeff, E.

The idea of requiring integrability on light-like lines in superspace is generalised to loop superspace and used to give a complete derivation of all the constraints of on-shell ten-dimensional...

Quantisation deforms w∞ to W∞ gravity (1991)

Stelle, K.S., Shen, X., Sezgin, E., Pope, C.N., Howe, P.S., Bergshoeff, E.

Quantising a classical theory of w∞ gravity requires the introduction of an infinite number of counterterms in order to remove matter-dependent anomalies. We show that these counterterms correspond...

Anomalies and curvature of $W$ manifolds (1991)

Pope, C. N., Romans, L. J., Sezgin, E., Shen, X.

Ten-dimensional supergravity from light-like integrability in loop superspace (1990)

Bergshoeff, E A, Howe, Paul S, Pope, C N, Sezgin, E, Sokatchev, Emery S

W$_{\infty}$ gravity and super-W$_{\infty}$ gravity (1990)

Bergshoeff, E A, Pope, C N, Romans, L J, Sezgin, E, Shen, X

The super W$_{\infty}$ algebra (1990)

Bergshoeff, E A, Pope, C N, Romans, L J, Sezgin, E, Shen, X

W$_{\infty}$ gravity (1990)

Bergshoeff, E A, Pope, C N, Romans, L J, Sezgin, E, Shen, X, Stelle, S

New spacetime superalgebras and their Kac-Moody extension (1990)

Bergshoeff, E A, Sezgin, E

Supersymmetric supermembrane vacua and singletons (1990)

Bergshoeff, E A, Duff, Michael J, Pope, C N, Sezgin, E

The Born-Infeld action from conformal invariance of the open superstring (1990)

Bergshoeff, E A, Sezgin, E, Pope, C N, Townsend, P K

Singleton representations of Osp(N,4) (1990)

Nicolai, Hermann C, Sezgin, E

Stress-tensor commutators and Schwinger terms in singleton theories (1990)

Bergshoeff, E A, Sezgin, E, Tanii, Y

Massless spectrum and critical dimension of the supermembrane (1990)

Bars, Itzhak, Pope, C N, Sezgin, E

Semiclassical quantization of the supermembrane (1990)

Duff, Michael J, Inami, T, Pope, C N, Sezgin, E, Stelle, Kellogg S

Super p-Branes as Gauge Theories of Volume Preserving Diffeomorphisms (1990)

Townsend, P.K., Tanii, Y., Sezgin, E., Bergshoeff, E.

We obtain the light-cone gauge-fixed action for a super p-brane. For p = 2 it is known that the action is equivalent to that of a one-dimensional super-Yang-Mills theory of the (infinite dimensional)...

w∞ gravity (1990)

Shen, X., Sezgin, E., Romans, L.J., Pope, C.N., Bergshoeff, E., Stelle, K.S.

We construct a gauge theory of w∞ gravity coupled to scalars. For scalar fields valued in some-finite-dimensional Lie algebra, a complete realisation of gauged w∞ can be given using a number of...

The super W∞ algebra (1990)

Romans, L.J., Pope, C.N., Bergshoeff, E., Sezgin, E., Shen, X.

We construct a higher-spin N = 2 superalgebra whose bosonic sector is W∞⊕W1+∞. It can be realised in terms of bilinear currents involving free complex bosonic and fermionic fields. We also...

Compactifications of the eleven-dimensional supermembrane (1989)

Pope, C.N., Duff, M.J., Bergshoeff, E., Sezgin, E.

We construct new vacua for the eleven-dimensional supermembrane in which spacetime is the product of four-dimensional anti-de Sitter space and a compact seven-dimensional Einstein space, and the...

Properties of the Eleven-Dimensional Supermembrane Theory (1988)

Hamiltonian formulation of the supermembrane (1988)

We study in detail the structure of the Lorentz covariant, spacetime supersymmetric 11-dimensional supermembrane theory. We show that for a flat spacetime background, the spacetime supersymmetry...

Sezgin, E., Bergshoeff, E., Tanii, Y.

The hamiltonian formulation of the supermembrane theory in eleven dimensions is given. The covariant split of the first and second class constraints is exhibited, and their Dirac brackets are...

On "spinning" membrane models (1988)

Supersymmetric R2 actions, conformal invariance and the Lorentz Chern-Simons term in 6 and 10 dimensions (1987)

Several alternative actions for a bosonic membrane have recently been proposed. We show that a linearly realized locally world-volume-supersymmetric (spinning membrane) extension of any of these...

Salam, Abdus, Bergshoeff, E., Sezgin, E.

We consider the superconformal extension of R2 actions in 6 and 10 dimensions. We show that the fields of the conformal multiplet alone admit a one parameter family of R2 actions of the form...

Higher derivative super Yang-Mills theories (1987)

Rakowski, M., Bergshoeff, E., Sezgin, E.

The most general higher derivative Yang-Mills actions of the type (F^2 + α^2F^4) which are globally supersymmetric up to order α^2 in six- and ten-dimensional spacetimes are given. The F^4-terms...

(8,0) locally supersymmetric sigma models with conformal invariance in two dimensions (1987)

Sezgin, E., Bergshoeff, E., Nishino, H.

The (8,0) conformal supergravity, and an action which describes its coupling to an arbitrary number of (8,0) scalar multiplets are constructed. The 64+64 components of the conformal supermultiplet...

The Born-Infeld action from conformal invariance of the open superstring (1987)

Townsend, P.K., Pope, C.N., Sezgin, E., Bergshoeff, E.

We show that the one-loop approximation to sigma-model perturbation theory for the open-superstring leads to the low-energy effective action of Born-Infeld for the gauge field coupled to the ends of...

Supermembranes and eleven-dimensional supergravity (1987)

Supersymmetric supermembrane vacua and singletons (1987)

We construct an action for a supermembrane propagating in d=11 supergravity background. Using the constraints of d=11 curved superspace, we show that the action is invariant under Siegel-type...

Sezgin, E., Pope, C.N., Duff, M.J., Bergshoeff, E.

The eleven-dimensional supermembrane exhibits a local world-volume Siegel symmetry provided the spacetime background is a solution of D=11 supergravity. If this background admits Killing spinors the...

Superconformal tensor calculus and matter couplings in 6 dimensions (1986)

Sezgin, E

Superconformal tensor calculus and matter couplings in six dimensions (1986)

Proeyen, A. Van, Sezgin, E., Bergshoeff, E.

Using superconformal tensor calculus we construct general interactions of N = 2, d = 6 supergravity with a tensor multiplet and a number of scalar, vector and linear multiplets. We start from the...

Locally supersymmetric σ-model with Wess-Zumino term in two dimensions and critical dimensions for strings (1986)

Sarmadi, H., Salam, A., Randjbar-Daemi, S., Bergshoeff, E., Sezgin, E.

We construct an N = 1 locally supersymmetric σ-model with a Wess-Zumino term coupled to supergravity in two dimensions. If one takes the σ-model manifold to be the product of d-dimensional...

Heterotic σ-models and conformal supergravity in two dimensions (1986)

Sezgin, E., Bergshoeff, E., Nishino, H.

The (1, 0) and (2, 0) type heterotic σ-models with Wess-Zumino term are coupled to conformal supergravity in two dimensions. There are no new restrictions on the σ-model manifolds in addition to...

Superstring actions in D = 3,4,6,10 curved superspace (1986)