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A Batalin-Vilkovisky action for D = 6, N = 1 super-Yang-Mills theory, including coupling to hypermultiplets, is given. The formalism involves pure spinor superfields. The geometric properties of the D = 6, N = 1 pure spinors (which differ from Cartan pure spinors) are examined. Unlike the situation for maximally supersymmetric models, the fields and antifields (including ghosts) of the vector multiplet reside in separate superfields. The formalism provides an off-shell superspace formulation for matter hypermultiplets, which in a traditional treatment are on-shell.
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Cederwall, M. Pure spinor superspace action for D = 6, N = 1 super-Yang-Mills theory. J. High Energ. Phys. 2018, 115 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP05(2018)115
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