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We study superconformal and supergravity models with constrained superfields. The underlying version of such models with all unconstrained superfields and linearly realized supersymmetry is presented here, in addition to the physical multiplets there are Lagrange multiplier (LM) superfields. Once the equations of motion for the LM superfields are solved, some of the physical superfields become constrained. The linear supersymmetry of the original models becomes non-linearly realized, its exact form can be deduced from the original linear supersymmetry. Known examples of constrained superfields are shown to require the following LM’s: chiral superfields, linear superfields, general complex superfields, some of them are multiplets with a spin.
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Ferrara, S., Kallosh, R., Van Proeyen, A. et al. Linear versus non-linear supersymmetry, in general. J. High Energ. Phys. 2016, 65 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP04(2016)065
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