Higher-spin dynamics and Chern-Simons theories
High Energy Physics - Theory
2008-11-26 v1
Abstract
We review the construction of consistent higher-spin theories based on Chern-Simons actions. To this end we first introduce the required higher-spin algebras and discuss curvature and torsion tensors in an unconstrained way. Finally we perform a perturbative analysis of the Chern-Simons theory in D=5 for a non-maximally symmetric AdS(4) background and obtain the required four-dimensional Fronsdal equations in the compensator formulation.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0804.2627,
title = {Higher-spin dynamics and Chern-Simons theories},
author = {Johan Engquist and Olaf Hohm},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0804.2627},
year = {2008}
}
Comments
8 pages, Contribution to RTN Workshop "ForcesUniverse", Valencia, October 2007