Published February 21, 2011 | Version v1
Journal article

SU(2) deformations of the minimal unitary representation of OSp(8*|2N) as massless 6D conformal supermultiplets

  • 1. Physical Sciences Department, Kutztown University, Kutztown, PA 19530 (United States)
  • 2. Center for Fundamental Theory, Institute for Gravitation and the Cosmos, Physics Department, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802 (United States)

Description

Minimal unitary representation of SO*(8)≅SO(6,2) realized over the Hilbert space of functions of five variables and its deformations labeled by the spin t of an SU(2) subgroup correspond to massless conformal fields in six dimensions as was shown in [S. Fernando, M. Gunaydin, (arXiv:1005.3580)]. In this paper we study the minimal unitary supermultiplet of OSp(8*|2N) with the even subgroup SO*(8)xUSp(2N) and its deformations using quasiconformal methods. We show that the minimal unitary supermultiplet of OSp(8*|2N) admits deformations labeled uniquely by the spin t of an SU(2) subgroup of the little group SO(4) of lightlike vectors in six dimensions. We construct the deformed minimal unitary representations and show that they correspond to massless 6D conformal supermultiplets. The minimal unitary supermultiplet of OSp(8*|4) is the massless supermultiplet of (2,0) conformal field theory that is believed to be dual to M-theory on AdS7xS4. We study its deformations in further detail and show that they are isomorphic to the doubleton supermultiplets constructed by using twistorial oscillators.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2010.10.019

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DOI
10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2010.10.019;
arXiv
arXiv:1008.0702v1;
PII
S0550-3213(10)00543-2;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuclear Physics. B
Journal Volume
843
Journal Issue
3
Journal Page Range
p. 784-815
ISSN
0550-3213
CODEN
NUPBBO

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