Super-Maxwell Actions with Manifest Duality

TL;DR

This paper develops a supersymmetric extension of the manifest dual Maxwell action, facilitating studies of duality and supersymmetry in four-dimensional field theories.

Contribution

It introduces supersymmetric versions of the manifest dual Maxwell action using N=1 and N=2 superspace, advancing the understanding of duality in supersymmetric theories.

Findings

Supersymmetric Maxwell actions with manifest duality constructed

N=2 version may aid in studying Seiberg-Witten duality

Action can be coupled to electric and magnetic sources

Abstract

Superstring field theory was recently used to derive a four-dimensional Maxwell action with manifest duality. This action is related to the McClain-Wu-Yu Hamiltonian and can be locally coupled to electric and magnetic sources. In this letter, the manifestly dual Maxwell action is supersymmetrized using N=1 and N=2 superspace. The N=2 version may be useful for studying Seiberg-Witten duality.