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Lorentz Covariance of the $4d$ Nonlinear Higher-Spin Equations via BRST

High Energy Physics - Theory 2025-11-25 v2

Abstract

We propose a BRST extension of the higher-spin gauge theory in AdS4AdS_4 with the BRST operator associated with the local Lorentz symmetry. Our construction supports manifest local Lorentz covariance and is applicable both to any homotopy scheme of the perturbative analysis including the recently proposed differential homotopy and to the variety of further extended higher-spin models in AdS3AdS_3 and AdS4AdS_4 with higher differential forms and Coxeter higher-spin algebras.

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@article{arxiv.2509.22852,
  title  = {Lorentz Covariance of the $4d$ Nonlinear Higher-Spin Equations via BRST},
  author = {O. A. Gelfond and M. A. Vasiliev},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2509.22852},
  year   = {2025}
}

Comments

20 pages; V2: minor corrections, matches the published version