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${\cal N}=2$ supersymmetric higher spin gauge theories and current multiplets in three dimensions

High Energy Physics - Theory 2018-12-19 v2 Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

We describe several families of primary linear supermultiplets coupled to three-dimensional N=2{\cal N}=2 conformal supergravity and use them to construct topological BFBF-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 N=2{\cal N}=2 conformal supergravity. These actions possess gauge and super-Weyl invariance in any conformally flat superspace and involve a higher-spin generalisation of the linearised N=2{\cal N}=2 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