SU(2) deformations of the minimal unitary representation of OSp(8*|2N) as massless 6D conformal supermultiplets
Abstract
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)×USp(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 6 D 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 AdS×S. We study its deformations in further detail and show that they are isomorphic to the doubleton supermultiplets constructed by using twistorial oscillators.
- Publication:
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Nuclear Physics B
- Pub Date:
- February 2011
- DOI:
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1008.0702
- Bibcode:
- 2011NuPhB.843..784F
- Keywords:
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- High Energy Physics - Theory;
- Mathematical Physics;
- Mathematics - Representation Theory
- E-Print:
- 40 pages