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Structure constants of shs$[\lambda]$: the deformed-oscillator point of view

High Energy Physics - Theory 2016-06-21 v3 Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

We derive and spell out the structure constants of the Z2\mathbb{Z}_2-graded algebra shs[λ]\mathfrak{shs}[\lambda]\, by using deformed-oscillators techniques in Aq(2;ν)Aq(2;\nu)\,, the universal enveloping algebra of the Wigner-deformed Heisenberg algebra in 2 dimensions. The use of Weyl ordering of the deformed oscillators is made throughout the paper, via the symbols of the operators and the corresponding associative, non-commutative star product. The deformed oscillator construction was used by Vasiliev in order to construct the higher spin algebras in three spacetime dimensions. We derive an expression for the structure constants of shs[λ]\mathfrak{shs}[\lambda]\, and show that they must obey a recurrence relation as a consequence of the associativity of the star product. We solve this condition and show that the hs[λ]\mathfrak{hs}[\lambda]\, structure constants are given by those postulated by Pope, Romans and Shen for the Lone Star product.

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@article{arxiv.1604.04510,
  title  = {Structure constants of shs$[\lambda]$: the deformed-oscillator point of view},
  author = {Thomas Basile and Nicolas Boulanger},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1604.04510},
  year   = {2016}
}

Comments

22 pages, no figures. Contribution to the proceedings of the workshop "About various kinds of interactions", 4-5 June 2015 at UMONS, in honour of Philippe Spindel; v2: references and comments on Moyal product added; v3: Expanded version of the proceedings, covering the fermionic sector of $Aq(2;\nu)$. 1+27 pages, no figures