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A local action for fermionic unconstrained higher spin gauge fields in (A)dS space

High Energy Physics - Theory 2018-12-20 v3

Abstract

The local free action principle for bosonic unconstrained higher spin gauge fields in dd-dimensional (A)dSd_d spacetime has been already established by Segal. However, later on, Schuster and Toro, in 4-dimensional flat spacetime, extracted such an action from their bosonic continuous spin gauge theory, when the continuous spin parameter vanishes. On the other hand, similar to the Schuster-Toro's action, we found the fermionic continuous spin gauge theory in 4-dimensional flat spacetime. Thus it is noteworthy to take out its fermionic higher spin formulation in a limit, and generalize it to dd-dimensional (A)dSd_d spacetime. Therefore, in this paper, we will present a similar action principle \`a la Segal for fermions in dd-dimensional (A)dSd_d spacetime. Moreover, at the level of equations of motion, we will demonstrate how the Fronsdal and the Fang-Fronsdal equations in dd-dimensional (A)dSd_d spacetime are related, respectively, to the Euler-Lagrange equations of the bosonic and fermionic higher spin actions mentioned above.

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@article{arxiv.1807.01124,
  title  = {A local action for fermionic unconstrained higher spin gauge fields in (A)dS space},
  author = {Mojtaba Najafizadeh},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1807.01124},
  year   = {2018}
}

Comments

24 pages. v3: Subsec. 2.4 was added. Abstract, introduction and conclusion improved to match the accepted version in PRD

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