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Towards higher-spin holography in flat space

High Energy Physics - Theory 2023-02-01 v3

Abstract

We study the chiral flat space higher-spin algebra, which is the global symmetry algebra of the chiral higher-spin theory in the 4d Minkowski space. We find that it can be constructed as the universal enveloping algebra of a certain chiral deformation of the Poincare algebra quotiented by a set of quadratic identities. These identities allow us to identify a representation of the latter algebra, which by analogy with the AdS space higher-spin holography, we interpret as the flat space singleton representation. We provide two explicit realisations of this singleton representation -- in terms of sl(2,C)sl(2,\mathbb{C}) spinors and in terms of oscillator-like variables -- as well as briefly discuss its properties.

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@article{arxiv.2210.04035,
  title  = {Towards higher-spin holography in flat space},
  author = {Dmitry Ponomarev},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2210.04035},
  year   = {2023}
}

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v3: 19 pages, minor corrections

R2 v1 2026-06-28T03:03:59.642Z