Interacting Higher Spins and the High Energy Limit of the Bosonic String

Abstract

In this note, we construct a BRST invariant cubic vertex for massless fields of arbitrary mixed symmetry in flat space-time. The construction is based on the vertex given in bosonic Open String Field Theory. The algebra of gauge transformations is closed without any additional, higher than cubic, couplings due to the presence of an infinite tower of massless fields. We briefly discuss the generalization of this result to a curved space-time and other possible implications.

arXiv commentPublished Version; typos corrected, references added; (v3) Some typos corrected and a minor clarification about eq. (3.29)

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