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We prove that supersymmetric backgrounds of (1,0) and (2,0) six-dimensional supergravity theories preserving more than one half of the supersymmetry are locally homogeneous. As a byproduct we also establish that the Killing spinors of such a background generate a Lie superalgebra.
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Figueroa-O’Farrill, J., Hustler, N. The homogeneity theorem for supergravity backgrounds II: the six-dimensional theories. J. High Energ. Phys. 2014, 131 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP04(2014)131
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