A gauge field theory of fermionic Continuous-Spin Particles

Abstract

In this letter, we suggest a local covariant action for a gauge field theory of fermionic Continuous-Spin Particles (CSPs). The action is invariant under gauge transformations without any constraint on both the gauge field and the gauge transformation parameter. The Fang-Fronsdal equations for a tower of massless fields with all half-integer spins arise as a particular limit of the equation of motion of fermionic CSPs.

8 pages, no figure. Due to the constructive contribution of X. Bekaert in this letter, his name is added as a new author. This version of the paper accepted for publication in PLB(2016)

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