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Gauge Fields and Singletons of $AdS_{2p+1}$

High Energy Physics - Theory 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

We show that pp-forms on AdS2p+1AdS_{2p+1} describe both singletons and massless particles. On the 2p2p-dimensional boundary the singleton pp-form Lagrangian reduces to the conformally invariant functional F2\int F^2. All the representations, singletons as well as massless, are zero center modules and involve a vacuum mode. Two- and three-form singleton fields are required by supersymmetry in AdS5_5 and AdS7_7 supergravity respectively.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9806072,
  title  = {Gauge Fields and Singletons of $AdS_{2p+1}$},
  author = {S. Ferrara and C. Fronsdal},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9806072},
  year   = {2007}
}

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