We show how implementing invariance under divergence-free gauge transformations leads to a remarkably simple Lagrangian description of massless bosons of any spin. Our construction covers both flat and (A)dS backgrounds and extends to tensors of arbitrary mixed-symmetry type. Irreducible and traceless fields produce single-particle actions, while whenever trace constraints can be dispensed with the resulting Lagrangians display the same reducible, multi-particle spectra as those emerging from the tensionless limit of free open-string field theory. For all explored options the corresponding kinetic operators take essentially the same form as in the spin-one, Maxwell case.
Titolo: | Maxwell-like Lagrangians for higher spins | |
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Data di pubblicazione: | 2013 | |
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Digital Object Identifier (DOI): | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/JHEP03(2013)168 | |
Handle: | http://hdl.handle.net/11384/10659 | |
Appare nelle tipologie: | 1.1 Articolo in rivista |