Integral cubic form of 5D minimal supergravities and non-perturbative anomalies in 6D (1,0) theories

A bstract A five-dimensional minimal supergravity theory coupled to vector and hypermultiplets is specified by a set of trilinear couplings, given by an intersection form C IJK , and gravitational couplings specified by an integer-valued vector a I and is consistent when these data define an integral cubic form. For every Calabi-Yau threefold reduction of M-theory, this condition is satisfied automatically. Via suitable redefinitions of the basis of 5D vectors, this is also shown to be the case for the circle reductions of six-dimensional anomaly-free (1,0) theories. When the 6D theory has a ℤ k gauge symmetry, we point out that the consistency of the circle reduction with nontrivial ℤ k holonomy is closely related to 6D constraints derived by Monnier and Moore. These constraints are extended to semidirect products with continuous gauge groups ℤ k  ⋉  G and CHL-like circle compactifications. When ℤ k acts on anti-self-dual tensor fields of 6D supergravity there should be a nontrivial action of holonomy on the topological Green-Schwarz terms.