CONSISTENT AND COVARIANT ANOMALIES IN 6-DIMENSIONAL SUPERGRAVITY

In this note we clarify some issues in six-dimensional (1,0) supergrav ity coupled to vector and tensor multiplets. In particular, we show th at, while the low-energy equations embody tenser-vector couplings that contribute only to gauge anomalies, the divergence of the energy-mome ntum tensor is properly non-vanishing. In addition, we show how to rev ert to a supersymmetric formulation in terms of covariant non-integrab le field equations that embody corresponding covariant anomalies. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.