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arxiv: 1710.10572 · v2 · pith:EPMTNVU4new · submitted 2017-10-29 · ✦ hep-th

A note on rectangular partially massless fields

classification ✦ hep-th
keywords fieldsmasslesspartiallyclassdefiningdescribinghigher-spinmixed-symmetry
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We study a class of non-unitary so(2,d) representations (for even values of d), describing mixed-symmetry partially massless fields which constitute natural candidates for defining higher-spin singletons of higher order. It is shown that this class of so(2,d) modules obeys of natural generalisation of a couple of defining properties of unitary higher-spin singletons. In particular, we find out that upon restriction to the subalgebra so(2,d-1), these representations branch onto a sum of modules describing partially massless fields of various depths. Finally, their tensor product is worked out in the particular case of d=4, where the appearance of a variety of mixed-symmetry partially massless fields in this decomposition is observed.

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