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Duality and unitarity of massive spin-3/2 models in $D=2+1$

High Energy Physics - Theory 2020-03-09 v1

Abstract

In this work we provide a triple master action interpolating among three self-dual descriptions of massive spin-3/2 particles in D=2+1D=2+1 dimensions. Such result generalizes a master action previously suggested in the literature. We also show that, surprisingly a shorthand notation in terms of differential operators applied in the bosonic cases of spins 2 and 3, can also be defined to the fermionic case. With the help of projection operators, we have also obtained the propagator and analyzed unitarity in DD dimensions of a second order spin-3/2 doublet model. Once we demonstrate that this doublet model is free of ghosts, we provide a master action interpolating such model with a fourth order theory which has several similarities with the spin-2 linearized New Massive Gravity theory.

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@article{arxiv.2003.03242,
  title  = {Duality and unitarity of massive spin-3/2 models in $D=2+1$},
  author = {E. L. Mendonça and H. L. de Oliveira and P. H. F. Nogueira},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2003.03242},
  year   = {2020}
}

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