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On unfolded off-shell formulation for higher-spin theory

High Energy Physics - Theory 2021-12-21 v3

Abstract

We present an unfolded off-shell formulation for free massless higher-spin fields in 4d Minkowski space in terms of spinorial variables. This system arises from the on-shell one by the addition of external higher-spin currents, for which we find an unfolded description. Also we show that this off-shell system can be interpreted as Schwinger-Dyson equations and restore two-point functions of higher-spin fields this way.

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@article{arxiv.1905.06925,
  title  = {On unfolded off-shell formulation for higher-spin theory},
  author = {Nikita Misuna},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1905.06925},
  year   = {2021}
}

Comments

11 pages. V3: evaluation of two-point functions detailed, typos corrected, reference added. To appear in Physics Letters B

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