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On Lagrangian formulations for arbitrary bosonic HS fields on Minkowski backgrounds

Journal Article · · Physics of Particles and Nuclei
We review the details of unconstrained Lagrangian formulations for Bose particles propagated on an arbitrary dimensional flat space-time and described by the unitary irreducible integer higher-spin representations of the Poincare group subject to Young tableaux Y(s{sub 1},..., s{sub k} ) with k rows. The procedure is based on the construction of scalar auxiliary oscillator realizations for the symplectic sp(2k) algebra which encodes the second-class operator constraints subsystem in the HS symmetry algebra. Application of an universal BRST approach reproduces gauge-invariant Lagrangians with reducible gauge symmetries describing the free dynamics of both massless and massive bosonic fields of any spin with appropriate number of auxiliary fields.
OSTI ID:
22977165
Journal Information:
Physics of Particles and Nuclei, Journal Name: Physics of Particles and Nuclei Journal Issue: 5 Vol. 43; ISSN 1063-7796
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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