Towards $\mathcal{N}=2$ higher-spin supergravity
Abstract
We review the superfield formulation of higher-spin supergravity theory in harmonic superspace. The analysis of both the hypermultiplet higher-spin supersymmetries and conformal supersymmetries is performed. The analytic superspace gauging of these symmetries gives rise to a set of unconstrained analytical prepotentials describing higher-spin off-shell supermultiplets. This procedure naturally yields cubic interaction vertices of higher spins with the hypermultiplet. Based on these results, the consistent interaction of an infinite tower of superconformal higher spins with hypermultiplet is presented. Proceeding from this model, a method to construct a consistent interacting theory of higher-spin supergravity by making use of the conformal compensators is proposed.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2503.02438,
title = {Towards $\mathcal{N}=2$ higher-spin supergravity},
author = {Ioseph Buchbinder and Evgeny Ivanov and Nikita Zaigraev},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2503.02438},
year = {2025}
}
Comments
26 pages; Invited Contribution to the A.A. Starobinsky Memorial Volume, Springer 2025