Equations of motion of higher-spin gauge fields as a free differential algebra

Journal Article · Tue Nov 01 00:00:00 EST 1988 · Sov. J. Nucl. Phys. (Engl. Transl.); (United States)

OSTI ID:6391234

Vasil'ev, M A

It is shown that the introduction of auxiliary dynamical variables thatgeneralize the gravitational Weyl tensor permits one to reduce the equations ofmotion of free massless fields of all spins in the anti-de Sitter /ital O/(3,2)space to a form characteristic of free differential algebras. The equations ofmotion of auxiliary gauge fields introduced previously are modified analogously.Arguments are presented to the effect that the equations of motion ofinteracting massless fields of all spins should be described in terms of a freedifferential algebra which is a deformation of a known free differential algebragenerated by 1- and 0-forms in the adjoint representation of a nonabeliansuperalgebra of higher spins and auxiliary fields.

• Research Organization: P. N. Lebedev Physics Institute, USSR Academy of Sciences(SU)
• OSTI ID: 6391234
• Journal Information: Sov. J. Nucl. Phys. (Engl. Transl.); (United States), Vol. 48:5
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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