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arxiv: 1710.09557 · v2 · pith:RGBO63C5new · submitted 2017-10-26 · ✦ hep-th

Twistor description of spinning particles in AdS

classification ✦ hep-th
keywords gaugeparticlespinningsuperparticletwistoranomaliesanti-deaspects
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The two-twistor formulation of particle mechanics in D-dimensional anti-de Sitter space for D=4,5,7, which linearises invariance under the AdS isometry group Sp(4;K) for K=R,C,H, is generalized to the massless N-extended "spinning particle". The twistor variables are gauge invariant with respect to the initial N local worldline supersymmetries; this simplifies aspects of the quantum theory such as implications of global gauge anomalies. We also give details of the two-supertwistor form of the superparticle, in particular the massive superparticle on AdS_5.

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