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A Stringy theory in three dimensions and Massive Higher Spins

High Energy Physics - Theory 2021-01-04 v1

Abstract

An example of a consistent theory with massive higher spin fields is constructed in flat space-time of dimension three. The action is written in the light-cone gauge. The theory has certain stringy features, e.g. its spectrum is unbounded in spin and mass, the theory admits Chan-Paton factors. The quartic and the higher tree-level amplitudes vanish, which softens the UV behaviour at the loop level and provides a new mechanism of how massive higher spin states can resolve the Quantum Gravity Problem.

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@article{arxiv.2006.05809,
  title  = {A Stringy theory in three dimensions and Massive Higher Spins},
  author = {Evgeny Skvortsov and Tung Tran and Mirian Tsulaia},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2006.05809},
  year   = {2021}
}

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5 pages

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