Published June 26, 2008 | Version v1
Journal article

Transverse invariant higher-spin fields

  • 1. I.E. Tamm Department of Theoretical Physics, P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute, Leninsky prospect 53, 119991 Moscow (Russian Federation)

Description

It is shown that a symmetric massless bosonic higher-spin field can be described by a traceless tensor field with reduced (transverse) gauge invariance. The Hamiltonian analysis of the transverse gauge invariant higher-spin models is used to control a number of degrees of freedom

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2008.05.043

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.physletb.2008.05.043;
arXiv
arXiv:hep-th/0701278v2;
PII
S0370-2693(08)00622-9;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physics Letters. Section B
Journal Volume
664
Journal Issue
4-5
Journal Page Range
p. 301-306
ISSN
0370-2693
CODEN
PYLBAJ

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
40046965
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
DEGREES OF FREEDOM; GAUGE INVARIANCE; HAMILTONIANS; SPIN; TENSOR FIELDS
Descriptors DEC
ANGULAR MOMENTUM; INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; PARTICLE PROPERTIES; QUANTUM OPERATORS

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