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In four spacetime dimensions there exist two off-shell formulations for the massless multiplet of superspin $(s+\frac 12)$, where $s=2,3, \dots$. These supersymmetric higher spin gauge theories, known as longitudinal and transverse, are…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-04-23 Jessica Hutomo , Sergei M. Kuzenko

Gauge-invariant twistor variables are found for the massive spinning particle with N-extended local worldline supersymmetry, in spacetime dimensions D=3,4,6. The twistor action is manifestly Lorentz invariant but the anticommuting spin…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-01-20 Luca Mezincescu , Alasdair J. Routh , Paul K. Townsend

From the modern viewpoint and by the geometric method, this paper provides a concise foundation for the quantum theory of massless spin-3/2 field in Minkowski spacetime, which includes both the one-particle's quantum mechanics and the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 Weigang Qiu , Fei Sun , Hongbao Zhang

Massive dual spin zero fields are reconsidered in four spacetime dimensions. A closed-form Lagrangian is presented that describes a field coupled to the gradient of its own energy-momentum tensor.

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-01-08 Thomas Curtright

We describe a novel twistorial construction of the asymptotic BMS symmetries at null infinity for asymptotically flat spacetimes. We define BMS twistors as spinor solutions to some set of components of the usual spacetime twistor equation…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-01-07 Kartik Prabhu

We consider a massless higher spin field theory within the BRST approach and construct a general off-shell cubic vertex corresponding to irreducible higher spin fields of helicities $s_1, s_2, s_3$. Unlike the previous works on cubic…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-05-10 I. L. Buchbinder , A. A. Reshetnyak

Conformal isometry algebras of plane wave geometry are studied. Then, based on the requirement of conformal invariance, a definition of masslessness is introduced and gauge invariant equations of motion, subsidiary conditions, and…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-30 R. R. Metsaev

We present D=3 and D=4 models for massive particles moving in a new type of enlarged spacetime, with D-1 additional vector coordinates, which after quantization lead to the towers of massive higher spin (HS) free fields. Two classically…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-03-12 J. A. de Azcarraga , S. Fedoruk , J. M. Izquierdo , J. Lukierski

We show that the massless higher spin four-dimensional particle model with bosonic counterpart of N=1 supersymmetry respects SU(3,2) invariance. We extend this particle model to a superparticle possessing $SU(3,2|1)$ supersymmetry which is…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 S. Fedoruk , E. Ivanov , J. Lukierski

We present manifestly duality invariant, non-linear, equations of motion for maximal depth, partially massless higher spins. These are based on a first order, Maxwell-like formulation of the known partially massless systems. Our models…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2017-12-08 D. Cherney , S. Deser , A. Waldron , G. Zahariade

In this paper, a gauge invariant description of massive higher spin bosonic and fermionic particles in frame-like Lagrangian and unfolded formalism in (A)dS${}_4$ is built. A complete set of gauge invariant object is also constructed and…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-10-01 M. V. Khabarov , Yu. M Zinoviev

The partial breaking of supersymmetry in flat space can be accomplished using any one of three dual representations for the massive N=1 spin-3/2 multiplet. Each of the representations can be ``unHiggsed'', which gives rise to a set of dual…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 R. Altendorfer , J. Bagger

We reformulate free equations of motion for massive spin 0 and spin 1/2 matter fields in 2+1 dimensional anti-de Sitter space in the form of some covariant constantness conditions. The infinite-dimensional representation of the anti-de…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-30 A. V. Barabanschikov , S. F. Prokushkin , M. A. Vasiliev

The global symmetry algebras of partially-massless (PM) higher-spin (HS) fields in (A)dS$_{d+1}$ are studied. The algebras involving PM generators up to depth $2\,(\ell-1)$ are defined as the maximal symmetries of free conformal scalar…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-01-27 Euihun Joung , Karapet Mkrtchyan

We construct new infinite classes of Euclidean supersymmetric solutions of four dimensional minimal gauged supergravity comprising a $U (1) \times U (1)$-invariant asymptotically locally hyperbolic metric on the total space of orbifold line…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-03-13 Matteo Kevin Crisafio , Alessio Fontanarossa , Dario Martelli

We study the possibility for a unitary theory of partially-massless (PM) spin-two field interacting with Gravity in arbitrary dimensions. We show that the gauge and parity invariant interaction of PM spin two particles requires the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-09-04 Euihun Joung , Karapet Mkrtchyan , Gabriel Poghosyan

Realization of the conformal higher spin symmetry on the 4d massless field supermultiplets is given. The self-conjugated supermultiplets, including the linearized ${\cal N}=4$ SYM theory, are considered in some detail. Duality between…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2011-07-18 M. A. Vasiliev

Covariant first and second quantization of the free d=4 massless superparticle are implemented with the introduction of purely gauge auxiliary spinor Lorentz harmonics. It is shown that the general solution of the condition of maslessness…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-09-25 S. Fedoruk , V. G. Zima

Off-shell actions for massless higher-spin $\mathcal{N}=1$ supermultiplets in five dimensions (5D) are constructed in harmonic superspace in terms of unconstrained prepotentials. Cubic couplings of these supermultiplets to the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-10-21 Evgeny I. Buchbinder , Sergei M. Kuzenko , Igor B. Samsonov

N-extended massless arbitrary integer and half-integer spin supermultiplets in four dimensional flat space are studied in the framework of light-cone gauge formalism. For such multiplets, by using light-cone momentum superspace, we build…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-01-08 R. R. Metsaev