On the geometry of higher-spin gauge fields
arXiv:hep-th/0212185 · doi:10.1088/0264-9381/20/12/313
Abstract
We review a recent construction of the free field equations for totally symmetric tensors and tensor-spinors that exhibits the corresponding linearized geometry. These equations are not local for all spins >2, involve unconstrained fields and gauge parameters, rest on the curvatures introduced long ago by de Wit and Freedman, and reduce to the local (Fang-)Fronsdal form upon partial gauge fixing. We also describe how the higher-spin geometry is realized in free String Field Theory, and how the gauge fixing to the light cone can be effected. Finally, we review the essential features of local compensator forms for the higher-spin bosonic and fermionic equations with the same unconstrained gauge symmetry.
Updated version for the Proceedings of the Johns Hopkins Workshop, Goteborg, Aug. 24-26 2003, and of the Gunnar Nordstrom Symposium, Helsinki, Aug. 27-30 2003
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