Nonlinear higher spin theories in various dimensions
High Energy Physics - Theory
2020-06-15 v3
Abstract
In this article, an introduction to the nonlinear equations for completely symmetric bosonic higher spin gauge fields in anti de Sitter space of any dimension is provided. To make the presentation self-contained we explain in detail some related issues such as the MacDowell-Mansouri-Stelle-West formulation of gravity, unfolded formulation of dynamical systems in terms of free differential algebras and Young tableaux symmetry properties in terms of Howe dual algebras.
Cite
@article{arxiv.hep-th/0503128,
title = {Nonlinear higher spin theories in various dimensions},
author = {X. Bekaert and S. Cnockaert and C. Iazeolla and M. A. Vasiliev},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0503128},
year = {2020}
}
Comments
85 pages, Latex; v2: added references, corrected typos; v3: minor corrections: coefficients in two equations and typos corrected, acknowledgements added