Pith. sign in

REVIEW 2 cited by

On the relation between local and geometric Lagrangians for higher spins

Not yet reviewed by Pith; the record is open.

This paper has not been read by Pith yet. Machine review is queued; the pith claim, tier, and objections will appear here once it completes.

SPECIMEN: schema-true, not a live event

T0 review · schema-true

One-sentence machine reading of the paper's core claim.

pith:XXXXXXXX · record.json · timestamp

arxiv 1001.3854 v1 pith:JHOQAC3J submitted 2010-01-21 hep-th

classification hep-th
keywords curvaturesfieldsgaugehigherlagrangianslocaltermsthus
verification ladder T0 review T1 audit T2 compute T3 formal
0 comments
read the original abstract

Equations of motion for free higher-spin gauge fields of any symmetry can be formulated in terms of linearised curvatures. On the other hand, gauge invariance alone does not fix the form of the corresponding actions which, in addition, either contain higher derivatives or involve inverse powers of the d'Alembertian operator, thus introducing possible subtleties in degrees of freedom count. We suggest a path to avoid ambiguities, starting from local, unconstrained Lagrangians previously proposed, and integrating out the auxiliary fields from the functional integral, thus generating a unique non-local theory expressed in terms of curvatures.

Discussion (0). Continue with ORCID to comment.

Forward citations

Cited by 2 Pith papers

Reviewed papers in the Pith corpus that reference this work. Sorted by Pith novelty score. Full citation record

  1. Equivalence of spin-2 and spin-3 models invariant under transverse diffeomorphisms and the tensionless limit of string theory

    hep-th 2025-01 conditional novelty 7.0 of 10

    Any ghost-free spin-2 or spin-3 TDiff model is equivalent, via source and field redefinitions, to the Maxwell-like model, which matches the string tensionless doublet action.

  2. More on unconstrained descriptions of Higher Spin Massless Particles

    hep-th 2025-01 conditional novelty 7.0 of 10

    A two-field local action for free massless higher-spin particles is proposed, reducing the auxiliary field content by promoting a Lagrange multiplier to a Weyl gauge symmetry.

Pith tools