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Null Propagation of Partially Massless Higher Spins in (A)dS and Cosmological Constant Speculations

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We show explicitly that all partially and strictly massless fields with spins s<=3 in (A)dS have null propagation. Assuming that this property holds also for s>3, we derive the mass-cosmological constant tunings required to yield all higher spin partially massless theories. As s increases, the unitarily allowed region for massive spins is squeezed around \Lambda=0, so that an infinite tower of massive particles forces vanishing \Lambda. We also speculate on the relevance of this result to string theory and supergravity in (A)dS backgrounds.

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BRST-BV approach to fields in Poincare patch of AdS

hep-th · 2026-07-02 · unverdicted · novelty 7.0

Derives general BRST-BV Lagrangian for free fields in Poincare AdS, develops constrained and unconstrained versions for massless/massive/partially-massless and continuous-spin fields, and matches to metric-like formulation.

De Sitter Horizon Edge Partition Functions

hep-th · 2025-01-29 · unverdicted · novelty 5.0

Edge partition functions for totally symmetric tensors in dS_{d+1} are decomposed under so(d), with the linearized gravity case receiving contributions from shift-symmetric fields on S^{d-1} suggesting an embedded brane interpretation.

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  • BRST-BV approach to fields in Poincare patch of AdS hep-th · 2026-07-02 · unverdicted · none · ref 46 · internal anchor

    Derives general BRST-BV Lagrangian for free fields in Poincare AdS, develops constrained and unconstrained versions for massless/massive/partially-massless and continuous-spin fields, and matches to metric-like formulation.

  • Horizon Edge Partition Functions in $\Lambda>0$ Quantum Gravity hep-th · 2026-03-21 · unverdicted · none · ref 103 · internal anchor

    Horizon edge mode spectra in de Sitter and Nariai spacetimes exhibit universal shift symmetries that produce novel symmetry breaking in one-loop partition functions.

  • De Sitter Horizon Edge Partition Functions hep-th · 2025-01-29 · unverdicted · none · ref 148 · internal anchor

    Edge partition functions for totally symmetric tensors in dS_{d+1} are decomposed under so(d), with the linearized gravity case receiving contributions from shift-symmetric fields on S^{d-1} suggesting an embedded brane interpretation.