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Consistent couplings between a massive spin-3/2 field and a partially massless spin-2 field

High Energy Physics - Theory 2023-10-10 v1 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

We revisit the problem of constructing consistent interactions between a massive spin-3/2 field and a partially massless graviton in four-dimensional (A)dS spacetime. We use the Stueckelberg formulation of the action principle for these fields and find two non-trivial cubic vertices with less than two derivatives, when going to the unitary gauge. One of the vertices is reminiscent of the minimal coupling of the massive spin-3/2 field to gravity, except that now the graviton is partially massless.

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@article{arxiv.2310.05522,
  title  = {Consistent couplings between a massive spin-3/2 field and a partially massless spin-2 field},
  author = {Nicolas Boulanger and Guillaume Lhost and Sylvain Thomée},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2310.05522},
  year   = {2023}
}

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9+1 pages, no figures

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