1998/10/28 by R. R. Metsaev · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #Anti-de Sitter space #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Conformal symmetry #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Covariant transformation #De Sitter space #De Sitter universe #Gauge theory #Massless particle #Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories #Operator (biology) #Spacetime #Spin (aerodynamics) #hep-th
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published as Lect. Notes Phys. 524 (1999) 331-340 · 9 pages, lamuphys.sty. Talk given at Dubna International Seminar `Supersymmetries and Quantum Summetries' dedicated to the memory of Victor I. Ogievetsky, Dubna, 22-26 June, 1997
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Arbitrary spin free massless bosonic fields propagating in even d - dimensional anti-de Sitter spacetime are investigated. Free wave equations of motion, subsidiary conditions and the corresponding gauge transformations for such fields are proposed. The lowest eigenvalues of the energy operator for the massless fields and the gauge parameter fields are derived. The results are formulated in SO(d-1,2) covariant form as well as in terms of intrinsic coordinates. An inter-relation of two definitions of masslessness based on gauge invariance and conformal invariance is discussed.