English

Duality invariance of $s \ge 3/2$ fermions in AdS

High Energy Physics - Theory 2014-10-16 v1 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

We show that in D=4 AdS, s3/2s\ge 3/2 partially massless (PM) fermions retain the duality invariances of their flat space massless counterparts. They have tuned ratios m2/M20 {m^2}/{M^2}\ne 0 that turn them into sums of effectively massless unconstrained helicity ±(s,,32)\pm(s,\cdots,\frac{3}{2}) excitations, shorn of the lowest (non-dual)\helicity ±12\pm \frac{1}{2}-rung and -more generally- of succeeding higher rung as well. Each helicity mode is separately duality invariant, like its flat space counterpart.

Keywords

Cite

@article{arxiv.1409.3545,
  title  = {Duality invariance of $s \ge 3/2$ fermions in AdS},
  author = {S. Deser and D. Seminara},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1409.3545},
  year   = {2014}
}

Comments

3 pages