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Pure Spinor Superfields: An Overview

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Breaking of Supersymmetry and Ultraviolet Divergences in Extended Supergravity

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Maximally supersymmetric theories do not allow off-shell superspace formulations with traditional superfields containing a finite set of auxiliary fields. It has become clear that off-shell supersymmetric action formulations of such models can be achieved by the introduction of pure spinors. In this talk, an overview of this formalism is given, with emphasis on D = 10 super-Yang–Mills theory and D = 11 supergravity. This a somewhat expanded version of a talk presented at the workshop “Breaking of supersymmetry and ultraviolet divergences in extended supergravity” (BUDS), Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, March 25–28, 2013.

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Cederwall, M. (2014). Pure Spinor Superfields: An Overview. In: Bellucci, S. (eds) Breaking of Supersymmetry and Ultraviolet Divergences in Extended Supergravity. Springer Proceedings in Physics, vol 153. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-03774-5_4

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