BPS preons and the AdS-M-algebra

TL;DR

This paper generalizes BPS preons to AdS space, proposing the AdS-M-algebra as a deformation of the M-algebra, linking supersymmetry breaking constituents with higher spin theories.

Contribution

It introduces the AdS generalization of BPS preons and identifies the AdS-M-algebra with osp(1|32), connecting supersymmetry breaking with higher spin theories.

Findings

AdS preons are constructed as a deformation of M-theory preons.

The AdS-M-algebra is identified with osp(1|32).

Provides a new algebraic framework for supersymmetry constituents.

Abstract

We present here the AdS generalization of BPS preons, which were introduced as the hypothetical constituents of M-theory preserving all but one supersymmetries. Our construction, suggested by the relation of `lower dimensional preons' with higher spin theories, can be considered as a deformation of the M-algebraic description of the single supersymmetry broken by a preon, and provides another reason to identify the AdS generalization of the M-algebra, which we call the AdS-M-algebra, with osp(1|32).