The involutive system of higher-spin equations

We revisit the problem of consistent free propagation of higher-spin fields in nontrivial backgrounds, focusing on symmetric tensor(-spinor)s. The Fierz-Pauli equations for massive fields in flat space form an involutive system, whose algebraic consistency owes to certain gauge identities. The zero...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rakibur Rahman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-03-01
Series:Nuclear Physics B
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0550321321000225