Covariant Actions for the Bosonic Sector of D=10 IIB Supergravity

TL;DR

This paper develops covariant actions for the bosonic fields in D=10 IIB supergravity using auxiliary fields, facilitating a more consistent theoretical framework.

Contribution

It introduces a novel formulation with an auxiliary scalar and an infinite series of auxiliary (anti)-self-dual 5-form fields for covariant D=10 IIB supergravity actions.

Findings

Constructed covariant actions with auxiliary scalar field.

Implemented an infinite series of auxiliary (anti)-self-dual 5-form fields.

Provided a consistent covariant formulation for bosonic D=10 IIB supergravity.

Abstract

Covariant actions for the bosonic fields of D=10 IIB supergravity are constructed with the help of a single auxiliary scalar field and in a formulation with an infinite series of auxiliary (anti)-self-dual 5-form fields.