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In this paper we study 3-form gauge fields in four-dimensional N = 1 super-symmetric theories. We give the sigma model action together with its Poincaré dual action for massless and massive 3-forms. The resulting target space geometries are Kähler where the respective field variables and superspace couplings are related by a Legendre transformation.
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Groh, K., Louis, J. & Sommerfeld, J. Duality and couplings of 3-form-multiplets in N = 1 supersymmetry. J. High Energ. Phys. 2013, 1 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP05(2013)001
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