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We derive the component structure of 11D, N = 1/8 supergravity linearized around eleven-dimensional Minkowski space. This theory represents 4 local supersymmetries closing onto 4 of the 11 spacetime translations without the use of equations of motion. It may be interpreted as adding 201 auxiliary bosons and 56 auxiliary fermions to the physical supergravity multiplet for a total of 376 + 376 components. These components and their transformations are organized into representations of SL(2; C) × G2.
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Becker, K., Butter, D., Linch, W.D. et al. Components of eleven-dimensional supergravity with four off-shell supersymmetries. J. High Energ. Phys. 2021, 32 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP07(2021)032
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