Topological Fields in $4d$ Higher Spin Theory
High Energy Physics - Theory
2026-05-07 v2
Abstract
The equations for topological fields in the higher spin theory are considered. It is shown that these fields contain a finite number of degrees of freedom that justifies their naming. The issue of construction of gauge invariant functionals is addressed, and a gauge-invariant cubic action is constructed for the interacting physical and topological higher spin fields.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2603.08334,
title = {Topological Fields in $4d$ Higher Spin Theory},
author = {P. T. Kirakosiants},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2603.08334},
year = {2026}
}
Comments
18 pages, some clarifications and references added, calculations in Appendix B corrected, matches the published version