${\cal N}=2$ supersymmetric higher spin gauge theories and current multiplets in three dimensions
Abstract
We describe several families of primary linear supermultiplets coupled to three-dimensional conformal supergravity and use them to construct topological -type terms. We introduce conformal higher-spin gauge superfields and associate with them Chern-Simons-type actions that are constructed as an extension of the linearised action for conformal supergravity. These actions possess gauge and super-Weyl invariance in any conformally flat superspace and involve a higher-spin generalisation of the linearised super-Cotton tensor. For massless higher-spin supermultiplets in (1,1) anti-de Sitter (AdS) superspace, we propose two off-shell Lagrangian gauge formulations, which are related to each other by a dually transformation. Making use of these massless theories allows us to formulate consistent higher-spin supercurrent multiplets in (1,1) AdS superspace. Explicit examples of such supercurrent multiplets are provided for models of massive chiral supermultiplets. Off-shell formulations for massive higher-spin supermultiplets in (1,1) AdS superspace are proposed.
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@article{arxiv.1807.09098,
title = {${\cal N}=2$ supersymmetric higher spin gauge theories and current multiplets in three dimensions},
author = {Jessica Hutomo and Sergei M. Kuzenko and Daniel Ogburn},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1807.09098},
year = {2018}
}
Comments
48 pages; v2: comments and references added. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1805.08055