On the consistency of a class of R-symmetry gauged 6D N=(1,0) supergravities

Abstract

R-symmetry gauged 6D (1,0) supergravities free from all local anomalies, with gauge groups $G\times G_R$ where $G_R$ is the R-symmetry group and $G$ is semisimple with rank greater than one, and which have no hypermultiplet singlets, are extremely rare. There are three such models known in which the gauge symmetry group is $G_1\times G_2 \times U(1)_R$ where the first two factors are $ \left(E_6/{\mathbb{Z}_3}\right) \times E_7$, $ G_2 \times E_7 $ and $F_4 \times Sp(9)$. These are models with single tensor multiplet, and hyperfermions in the $(1,912)$, $(14,56)$ and $(52,18)$ dimensional representations of $G_1\times G_2$, respectively. So far it is not known if these models follow from string theory. We highlight key properties of these theories, and examine constraints which may arise from the consistency of the quantization of anomaly coefficients formulated in their strongest form by Monnier and Moore. Assuming that the gauged models accommodate dyonic string excitations, we find that these constraints are satisfied only by the model with the $F_4 \times Sp(9)\times U(1)_R$ symmetry. We also discuss aspects of dyonic strings and potential caveats they may pose in applying the stated consistency conditions to the $R$-symmetry gauged models.