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Non-local conformal symmetry in Fronsdal theory

High Energy Physics - Theory 2017-02-28 v2

Abstract

We write a first order action for higher-spin fields and construct a canonical map to Fronsdal theory. The first-order description is defined over complex field configurations and has conformal invariance. We show that it is possible to push forward these transformations to a set of symmetries in Fronsdal theory that satisfies the conformal algebra but is not given by standard conformal change of coordinates.

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@article{arxiv.1702.04277,
  title  = {Non-local conformal symmetry in Fronsdal theory},
  author = {Henrique Flores},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1702.04277},
  year   = {2017}
}

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24 pages; typos fixed