Consistent couplings between spin-2 and spin-3 massless fields

[en] We solve the problem of constructing consistent first-order cross-interactions between spin-2 and spin-3 massless fields in flat spacetime of arbitrary dimension n>3 and in such a way that the deformed gauge algebra is non-Abelian. No assumptions are made on the number of derivatives involved in the Lagrangian, except that it should be finite. Together with locality, we also impose manifest Poincaré invariance, parity invariance and analyticity of the deformations in the coupling constants.

Research center :

AGIF - Algèbre, Géométrie et Interactions fondamentales

Disciplines :

Physics

Author, co-author :

Boulanger, Nicolas ; Université de Mons > Faculté des Sciences > Mécanique et gravitation

Leclercq, Serge

Language :

English

Title :

Consistent couplings between spin-2 and spin-3 massless fields

Publication date :

13 November 2006

Journal title :

Journal of High Energy Physics

ISSN :

1126-6708

Publisher :

Springer, Heidelberg, Germany

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