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Based on the known non-linear transformation rules of the Weyl multiplet fields, the action of N = 4 conformal supergravity is constructed up to terms quadratic in the fermion fields. The bosonic sector corrects a recent result in the literature.
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Ciceri, F., Sahoo, B. Towards the full N = 4 conformal supergravity action. J. High Energ. Phys. 2016, 59 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP01(2016)059
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