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arxiv: 1811.08438 · v2 · pith:N5IU24MUnew · submitted 2018-11-20 · ✦ hep-th

Spinor-Helicity Formalism for Massless Fields in AdS{}₄

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keywords fieldsformalismmasslessspinor-helicityamplitudesflatspaceacting
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In this letter we suggest a natural spinor-helicity formalism for massless fields in AdS${}_4$. It is based on the standard realization of the AdS${}_4$ isometry algebra $so(3,2)$ in terms of differential operators acting on $sl(2,\mathbb{C})$ spinor variables. We start by deriving the AdS counterpart of plane waves in flat space and then use them to evaluate simple scattering amplitudes. Finally, based on symmetry arguments we classify all three-point amplitudes involving massless spinning fields. As in flat space, we find that the spinor-helicity formalism allows to construct additional consistent interactions compared to approaches employing Lorentz tensors.

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