Strange higher-spin topological systems in 3D

[en] Motivated by the generation of action principles from off-shell dualisation, we present a general class of free, topological theories in three dimensional Minkowski spacetime that exhibit higher-spin gauge invariance. In the spin-two case, we recover a dual reformulation of the triplet system already known, while the higher-spin systems that we obtain seem to be new. They are associated with wild quivers. We study in which situations these exotic (or strange) higher-spin models can be extended to dS3 and AdS3 backgrounds, revealing that the flat limit of such models, when they exist, admits a one-parameter freedom. Interactions are studied in the simplest higher-spin case featuring spin-2 and spin-3 fields. We then give several higher-spin generalizations of these strange systems.

Research center :

AGIF - Algèbre, Géométrie et Interactions fondamentales

Disciplines :

Physics

Author, co-author :

BOULANGER, Nicolas ; Université de Mons - UMONS > Faculté des Sciences > Service de Physique de l'Univers, Champs et Gravitation

Campoleoni, Andrea ; Université de Mons - UMONS > Faculté des Sciences > Service de Physique de l'Univers, Champs et Gravitation

Lekeu, Victor ; Université de Mons - UMONS > Faculté des Sciences > Service de Physique de l'Univers, Champs et Gravitation

SKVORTSOV, Evgeny ; Université de Mons - UMONS > Faculté des Sciences > Service de Physique de l'Univers, Champs et Gravitation

Language :

English

Title :

Strange higher-spin topological systems in 3D

Publication date :

09 May 2024

Journal title :

Journal of High Energy Physics

ISSN :

1126-6708

eISSN :

1029-8479

Publisher :

Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Volume :

2024

Issue :

Pages :

109

Peer reviewed :

Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi

Additional URL :

https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/JHEP05(2024)109.pdf
https://arxiv.org/abs/2312.03382

Research unit :

S827 - Physique de l'Univers, Champs et Gravitation

Research institute :

R150 - Institut de Recherche sur les Systèmes Complexes

European Projects :

H2020 - 101002551 - HiSS - Higher Spin Symmetry in Quantum Gravity, Condensed Matter and Mathematics

Name of the research project :

5073 - HiSS - Higher Spin Symmetry in Quantum Gravity, Condensed Mattrer and Mathematics - Sources publiques européennes
4907 - MIS-Campoleoni - HighSpinSymm - Fédération Wallonie Bruxelles
3956 - PDR-Boulanger - "Fundamental issues in extended gravity_x000D_" - Fédération Wallonie Bruxelles
4855 - C2W - Come To Wallonia - Sources publiques européennes

Funders :

F.R.S.-FNRS - Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique
Union Européenne

Funding number :

F.4503.20; T.0022.19

Data Set :

https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP05(2024)109

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