We derive simple general expressions for the explicit Killing spinors on the n-sphere, for arbitrary n. Using these results we also construct the Killing spinors on various AdS×Sphere supergravity backgrounds, including AdS5×S5, AdS4×S7, and AdS7×S4. In addition, we extend previous results to obtain the Killing spinors on the hyperbolic spaces Hn.

Topics
General relativity, Field theory
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