Gauge fields and singletons of AdS(2p+1)

Authors
Ferrara, S Fronsdal, C
Citation
S. Ferrara et C. Fronsdal, Gauge fields and singletons of AdS(2p+1), LETT MATH P, 46(2), 1998, pp. 157-169
Citations number
22
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
LETTERS IN MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS
ISSN journal
03779017 → ACNP
Volume
46
Issue
2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
157 - 169
Database
ISI
SICI code
0377-9017(199810)46:2<157:GFASOA>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
We show that p-forms on AdS(2p+1) describe both singletons and massless par ticles. On the 2p-dimensional boundary the singleton p-form Lagrangian redu ces to the conformally invariant functional integral F-2. All the represent ations, singletons as well as massless, are zero center modules and involve a vacuum mode. Two- and three-form singleton fields are required by supers ymmetry in AdS(5) and AdS(7) supergravity, respectively.