HIGHER SPIN GAUGE THEORIES

by Lars Brink (Editor), Marc Henneaux (Editor), Mikhail A Vasiliev (Editor)

Overview

Symmetries play a fundamental role in physics. Non-Abelian gauge symmetries are the symmetries behind theories for massless spin-1 particles, while the reparametrization symmetry is behind Einstein's gravity theory for massless spin-2 particles. In supersymmetric theories these particles can be connected also to massless fermionic particles. Does Nature stop at spin-2 or can there also be massless higher spin theories. In the past strong indications have been given that such theories do not exist. However, in recent times ways to evade those constraints have been found and higher spin gauge theories have been constructed. With the advent of the AdS/CFT duality correspondence even stronger indications have been given that higher spin gauge theories play an important role in fundamental physics.All these issues were discussed at a recent international workshop in Singapore where the leading scientists in the field participated. This volume presents an up-to-date, detailed overview of the theories including its historic background, as well as the latest accomplishments in understanding the foundational properties of higher spin physics.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789813144118
Publisher:	World Scientific Publishing Company, Incorporated
Publication date:	11/01/2016
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	404
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Table of Contents

Preface v

1 Symmetries and Invariants in Higher-Spin Theory M. A. Vasiliev 1

2 The Higher Spin Square Matthias R. Gaberdiel Rajesh Gopakumar 17

3 Higher Spin Representations of K(E₁₀) Axel Kleinschmidt Hermann Nicolai 25

4 Scattering Via Conformal Higher Spin Exchanges A. A. Tseytlin 39

5 Note on Higher-Spin Equations in Four Dimensions V. E. Didenko N. G. Misuna M. A. Vasiliev 51

6 Pseudo-local Theories: A Functional Class Proposal Massimo Taronna 59

7 Finite Temperature Maps in Vector/Higher Spin Duality Antal Jevicki Kenta Suzuki Junggi Yoon 85

8 On (Un)Broken Higher-Spin Symmetry in Vector Models E. D. Skvortsov 103

9 Extended Anti-de Sitter Hypergravity in 2 + 1 Dimensions and Hypersymmetry Bounds Marc Henneaux Alfredo Pérez David Tempo Ricardo Troncoso 139

10 Quasiconformal Group Approach to Higher Spin Algebras. Their Deformations and Super symmetric Extensions Murat Günaydin 159

11 BMS Modules in Three Dimensions A. Campoleoni H.A. González B. Oblak M. Riegler 187

12 Action Principles for Higher and Fractional Spin Gravities Cesar Arias Roberto Bonezzi Nicolas Boulanger Ergin Sezgin Per Sundell Alexander Torres-Gomez Mauricio Valenzuela 213

13 Deriving Field Theories for Particles of Arbitrary Spin With and Without Super-symmetry Sudarshan Ananth 255

14 Reducible Higher-Spin Systems in Metric-like and Frame-like Formulation Alessandro Agugliaro Francesco Azzurli Dmitri Sorokin 273

15 Bulk Quartic Vertices from Boundary Four-Point Correlators X. Bekaert J. Erdmenger D. Ponomarev C. Sleight 291

16 The Sky is the Limit: Free Boundary Conditions in AdS₃ Chern-Simons Theory Luis Apolo Bo Sundborg 305

17 Higgs Mechanism and Holography of Partially Massless Higher Spin Fields Seungho Gwak Jaewon Kim Soo-Jong Rey 317

18 Quartic Amplitudes for Minkowski Higher Spin Anders K. H. Bengtsson 353

19 Solutions in Bosonic String Field Theory and AdS Higher Spin Algebras Dimitri Polyakov 371

20 Comments on Higher-Spin Fields in Nontrivial Backgrounds Rakibur Rahman Massimo Taronna 381