BPS preons and the AdS-M-algebra

2008/02/29 by Igor Bandos, Igor A. Bandos, J. A. de Azcárraga +1
Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Topics in Algebra #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories #hep-th

paper · pdf · doi:10.1088/1126-6708/2008/04/069

published as JHEP 0804:069,2008 · Plain latex, no figures, 19 pages minor corrections, one ref. added, as published in JHEP 04 (2008) 069

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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).

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