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In this work we systematically study various aspects of spin-3/2 fields in a curved background. We mostly focus on a minimally coupled massive spin-3/2 field in arbitrary dimensions, and solve the equation of motion either explicitly or numerically in AdS, Schwarzschild-AdS and Reissner-Nordström-AdS backgrounds. Although not the main focus of this work, we also make a connection with the gravitino equation of motion in gauged supergravity. Motivated by the AdS/CFT correspondence, we emphasize calculational improvements and technical details of the dual spectral functions. We attempt to provide a coherent and comprehensive picture of the existing literature.
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Liu, J.T., Pando Zayas, L.A. & Yang, Z. Small treatise on spin-3/2 fields and their dual spectral functions. J. High Energ. Phys. 2014, 95 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP02(2014)095
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