We discuss properties of the Salam-Sezgin chiral gauged supergravity in six dimensions, including the uniqueness of the Minkowski_4 vacuum, and the associated consistent Pauli reduction on S^2. We also show how it arises via a non-compact dimensional reduction from ten or eleven dimensions.

References : hep-th/0307238, hep-th/0307052, hep-th/0308026