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Classical double copy and higher-spin fields

High Energy Physics - Theory 2023-03-01 v3

Abstract

Kerr-Schild double copy is shown to extend naturally to all free symmetric gauge fields propagating on (A)dS(A)dS in any dimension. Similarly to the standard lower-spin case, the higher-spin multicopy comes along with the zeroth, single, and double copies. The mass-like term of the Fronsdal spin ss field equations fixed by gauge symmetry and the mass of the zeroth copy both appear to be remarkably fine-tuned to fit the multicopy pattern forming a spectrum organized by higher-spin symmetry. On the black hole side this curious observation fills up the list of miraculous properties of the Kerr solution.

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@article{arxiv.2210.04704,
  title  = {Classical double copy and higher-spin fields},
  author = {V. E. Didenko and N. K. Dosmanbetov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2210.04704},
  year   = {2023}
}

Comments

14 pages, references added. v3: minor corrections, replaced with the journal version+appendix

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