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BPS preons and the AdS-M-algebra

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-11-19 v2

Abstract

We present here the AdS generalization of BPS preons, which were introduced as the hypothetical constituents of M-theory preserving all but one supersymmetries. Our construction, suggested by the relation of `lower dimensional preons' with higher spin theories, can be considered as a deformation of the M-algebraic description of the single supersymmetry broken by a preon, and provides another reason to identify the AdS generalization of the M-algebra, which we call the AdS-M-algebra, with osp(1|32).

Cite

@article{arxiv.0802.2890,
  title  = {BPS preons and the AdS-M-algebra},
  author = {Igor A. Bandos and Jose A. de Azcarraga},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0802.2890},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

Plain latex, no figures, 19 pages minor corrections, one ref. added, as published in JHEP 04 (2008) 069

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