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On manifolds admitting the consistent Lagrangian formulation for higher spin fields

High Energy Physics - Theory 2011-06-15 v2

Abstract

We study a possibility of Lagrangian formulation for free higher spin bosonic totally symmetric tensor field on the background manifold characterizing by the arbitrary metric, vector and third rank tensor fields in framework of BRST approach. Assuming existence of massless and flat limits in the Lagrangian and using the most general form of the operators of constraints we show that the algebra generated by these operators will be closed only for constant curvature space with no nontrivial coupling to the third rank tensor and the strength of the vector fields. This result finally proves that the consistent Lagrangian formulation at the conditions under consideration is possible only in constant curvature Riemann space.

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@article{arxiv.1101.4860,
  title  = {On manifolds admitting the consistent Lagrangian formulation for higher spin fields},
  author = {I. L. Buchbinder and V. A. Krykhtin and P. M. Lavrov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1101.4860},
  year   = {2011}
}

Comments

11 pages; v2: minor typos corrected, a reference added

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