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Conformal supergravities as Chern-Simons theories revisited

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We propose a superfield method to construct off-shell actions for \( \mathcal{N} \) -extended conformal supergravity theories in three space-time dimensions. It makes use of the superform technique to engineer supersymmetric invariants. The method is specifically applied to the case of \( \mathcal{N}=1 \) conformal supergravity and provides a new realization for the actions of conformal and topologically massive supergravities.

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  1. School of Physics M013, University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, W.A, 6009, Australia

    Sergei M. Kuzenko & Gabriele Tartaglino-Mazzucchelli

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Kuzenko, S.M., Tartaglino-Mazzucchelli, G. Conformal supergravities as Chern-Simons theories revisited. J. High Energ. Phys. 2013, 113 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP03(2013)113

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