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A decade ago, it was shown that associated with any model for U(1) duality-invariant nonlinear electrodynamics there is a unique U(1) duality-invariant supersymmetric nonlinear sigma model formulated in terms of chiral and complex linear superfields. Here we study the \( \mathcal{N} \) = 1 superconformal σ-model analogue of the conformal duality-invariant electrodynamics known as the ModMax theory. We derive its dual formulation in terms of chiral superfields and show that the target space is a Kähler cone with U(1) × U(1) being the connected component of the isometry group.
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We are grateful to Dmitri Sorokin for useful comments and suggestions. The work of SMK is supported in part by the Australian Research Council, projects DP200101944 and DP230101629.
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Kuzenko, S.M., McArthur, I.N. A supersymmetric nonlinear sigma model analogue of the ModMax theory. J. High Energ. Phys. 2023, 127 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP05(2023)127
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