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We construct 5D, N = 1 supergravity in a 4D, N = 1 superspace with an extra bosonic coordinate. This represents four of the supersymmetries and the associated Poincaré symmetries manifestly. The remaining four supersymmetries and the rest of the Poincaré symmetries are represented linearly but not manifestly. In the linearized approximation, the action reduces to the known superspace result. As an application of the formalism, we discuss the construction of the 5D gravitational Chern-Simons invariant ∫ A ∧ R ∧ R in this superspace.
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Becker, K., Becker, M., Butter, D. et al. Five-dimensional supergravity in N = 1/2 superspace. J. High Energ. Phys. 2020, 98 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP03(2020)098
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