Free massless fields of arbitrary spin in de Sitter space and initial data for a higher-spin superalgebra

Journal Article · Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1987 · Sov. J. Nucl. Phys. (Engl. Transl.); (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/prop.2190351103· OSTI ID:5961105

Vasil'ev, M A

Linearized curvatures are constructed which allow a completely uniform description of free massless fields of all integer and half-integer spins sgreater than or equal to3/2 on an anti-de Sitter background. The corresponding action functionals and equations of motion are found. The proposed linearized curvatures specify the ''initial data'' for deriving a nonabelian symmetry corresponding to a (hypothetical) nontrivial theory of massless higher-spin fields interacting with gravity.

• Research Organization: P. N. Lebedev Physics Institute, USSR Academy of Sciences
• OSTI ID: 5961105
• Journal Information: Sov. J. Nucl. Phys. (Engl. Transl.); (United States), Vol. 45:6
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
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PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
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