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We prove a generalized Flato-Fronsdal theorem for higher-order, scalar and spinor, singletons. In the resulting infinite tower of bulk higher-spin fields, we point out the occurrence of partially-massless fields of all depths. This leads us to conjecture a holographic duality between a higher-spin gravity theory around AdS d+1 with the aforementioned spectrum of fields, and a free CFT d of fundamental (higher-order) scalar and spinor singletons. As a first check of this conjecture, we find that the total Casimir energy vanishes at one loop.
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ArXiv ePrint: 1410.7668
À la mémoire de Francis A. Dolan
Research Associate of the Fund for Scientific Research-FNRS (Belgium). (Nicolas Boulanger)
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Basile, T., Bekaert, X. & Boulanger, N. Flato-Fronsdal theorem for higher-order singletons. J. High Energ. Phys. 2014, 131 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP11(2014)131
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