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Towards $\mathcal{N}=2$ higher-spin supergravity

High Energy Physics - Theory 2025-03-05 v1 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

We review the superfield formulation of N=2\mathcal{N}=2 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 N=2\mathcal{N}=2 higher-spin off-shell supermultiplets. This procedure naturally yields cubic interaction vertices of N=2\mathcal{N}=2 higher spins with the hypermultiplet. Based on these results, the consistent interaction of an infinite tower of N=2\mathcal{N}=2 superconformal higher spins with hypermultiplet is presented. Proceeding from this model, a method to construct a consistent interacting theory of N=2\mathcal{N}=2 higher-spin supergravity by making use of the conformal compensators is proposed.

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@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}
}

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26 pages; Invited Contribution to the A.A. Starobinsky Memorial Volume, Springer 2025

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