Spectrum of D=6, N=4b Supergravity on AdS_3 x S^3

TL;DR

This paper determines the complete spectrum of D=6, N=4b supergravity on AdS_3 x S^3, revealing the structure of supermultiplets and symmetries, with implications for string compactifications and supergravity theories.

Contribution

It provides the full spectrum analysis of D=6, N=4b supergravity with arbitrary tensor multiplets on AdS_3 x S^3, extending previous results specific to n=21.

Findings

Spectrum includes spin-2, spin-1, and spin-1/2 supermultiplets.

Superalgebra is SU(1,1|2)_L x SU(1,1|2)_R.

States form towers with specific symmetry properties.

Abstract

The complete spectrum of D=6, N=4b supergravity with n tensor multiplets compactified on AdS_3 x S^3 is determined. The D=6 theory obtained from the K_3 compactification of Type IIB string requires that n=21, but we let n be arbitrary. The superalgebra that underlies the symmetry of the resulting supergravity theory in AdS_3 coupled to matter is SU(1,1|2)_L x SU(1,1|2)_R. The theory also has an unbroken global SO(4)_R x SO(n) symmetry inherited from D=6. The spectrum of states arranges itself into a tower of spin-2 supermultiplets, a tower of spin-1, SO(n) singlet supermultiplets, a tower of spin-1 supermultiplets in the vector representation of SO(n) and a special spin-1/2 supermultiplet also in the vector representation of SO(n). The SU(2)_L x SU(2)_R Yang-Mills states reside in the second level of the spin-2 tower and the lowest level of the spin-1, SO(n) singlet tower and the associated field theory exhibits interesting properties.