Minimal gauge invariant and gauge fixed actions for massive higher-spin fields
Abstract Inspired by the rich structure of covariant string field theory, we propose a minimal gauge invariant action for general massive integer spin n field. The action consists of four totally symmetric tensor fields of order respectively n, n − 1, n − 2 and n − 3, and is invariant under the gaug...
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| description | Abstract Inspired by the rich structure of covariant string field theory, we propose a minimal gauge invariant action for general massive integer spin n field. The action consists of four totally symmetric tensor fields of order respectively n, n − 1, n − 2 and n − 3, and is invariant under the gauge transformation represented by two also totally symmetric fields of order n − 1 and n − 2. This action exactly has the same gauge structure as for the string field theory and we discuss general covariant gauge fixing procedure using the knowledge of string field theory. We explicitly construct the corresponding gauge fixed action for each of general covariant gauge fixing conditions. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-627bdbc734474a0d99499ff9e906289b2022-12-21T20:01:54ZengSpringerOpenJournal of High Energy Physics1029-84792019-04-012019411510.1007/JHEP04(2019)051Minimal gauge invariant and gauge fixed actions for massive higher-spin fieldsMasako Asano0Faculty of Science and Technology, Seikei UniversityAbstract Inspired by the rich structure of covariant string field theory, we propose a minimal gauge invariant action for general massive integer spin n field. The action consists of four totally symmetric tensor fields of order respectively n, n − 1, n − 2 and n − 3, and is invariant under the gauge transformation represented by two also totally symmetric fields of order n − 1 and n − 2. This action exactly has the same gauge structure as for the string field theory and we discuss general covariant gauge fixing procedure using the knowledge of string field theory. We explicitly construct the corresponding gauge fixed action for each of general covariant gauge fixing conditions.http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/JHEP04(2019)051BRST QuantizationGauge SymmetryHigher Spin SymmetryString Field Theory |
| spellingShingle | Masako Asano Minimal gauge invariant and gauge fixed actions for massive higher-spin fields Journal of High Energy Physics BRST Quantization Gauge Symmetry Higher Spin Symmetry String Field Theory |
| title | Minimal gauge invariant and gauge fixed actions for massive higher-spin fields |
| title_full | Minimal gauge invariant and gauge fixed actions for massive higher-spin fields |
| title_fullStr | Minimal gauge invariant and gauge fixed actions for massive higher-spin fields |
| title_full_unstemmed | Minimal gauge invariant and gauge fixed actions for massive higher-spin fields |
| title_short | Minimal gauge invariant and gauge fixed actions for massive higher-spin fields |
| title_sort | minimal gauge invariant and gauge fixed actions for massive higher spin fields |
| topic | BRST Quantization Gauge Symmetry Higher Spin Symmetry String Field Theory |
| url | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/JHEP04(2019)051 |
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