SU(2) deformations of the minimal unitary representation of OSp(8*|2N) as massless 6D conformal supermultiplets
Creators
- 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.2010.10.019Additional details
Identifiers
- 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
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Netherlands
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 42051821
- Subject category
- S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
- Descriptors DEI
- ANTI DE SITTER SPACE; CONFORMAL INVARIANCE; DEFORMATION; HILBERT SPACE; M-THEORY; OSCILLATORS; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; SO-4 GROUPS; SPIN; SU-2 GROUPS; SUPERMULTIPLETS; VECTORS
- Descriptors DEC
- ANGULAR MOMENTUM; BANACH SPACE; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT; FIELD THEORIES; INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES; LIE GROUPS; MATHEMATICAL SPACE; MULTIPLETS; PARTICLE PROPERTIES; SO GROUPS; SPACE; SU GROUPS; SYMMETRY GROUPS; TENSORS
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- Copyright
- Copyright (c) 2010 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.