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We consider massive dual pairs of p-forms and (D − p − 1)-forms described by non-linear Lagrangians, where non-linear curvature terms in one theory translate into non-linear mass-like terms in the dual theory. In particular, for D = 2p and p even the two non-linear structures coincide when the non-linear massless theory is self-dual. This state of affairs finds a natural realization in the four-dimensional massive N = 1 supersymmetric Born-Infeld action, which describes either a massive vector multiplet or a massive linear (tensor) multiplet with a Born-Infeld mass-like term. These systems should play a role for the massive gravitino multiplet obtained from a partial super-Higgs in N = 2 Supergravity.
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ArXiv ePrint: 1502.01650
On leave of absence from Department of Physics and Astronomy, U.C.L.A., Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A. (S. Ferrara)
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Ferrara, S., Sagnotti, A. Massive Born-Infeld and other dual pairs. J. High Energ. Phys. 2015, 32 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP04(2015)032
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