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Massless higher spin cubic vertices in flat four dimmensional space

High Energy Physics - Theory 2020-08-31 v2

Abstract

In this paper we construct a number of cubic interaction vertices for massless bosonic and fermionic higher spin fields in flat four dimensional space. First of all, we construct these cubic vertices in AdS_4 space using a so-called Fradkin-Vasiliev approach, which works only for the non-zero cosmological constant. Then we consider a flat limit taking care on all the higher derivative terms which FV-approach generates. We restrict ourselves with the four dimensions because this allows us to use the frame-like multispinor formalism which greatly simplifies all calculations and provides a description for bosons and fermions on equal footing.

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@article{arxiv.2005.09851,
  title  = {Massless higher spin cubic vertices in flat four dimmensional space},
  author = {M. V. Khabarov and Yu. M. Zinoviev},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2005.09851},
  year   = {2020}
}

Comments

21 pages, no figures. Some comments and new references added. Version to appear in JHEP

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