The very basics of higher-spin theory

2017/02/10 by Pan Kessel · 1 voice · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories

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Abstract

These notes are based on two lectures given at the Twelfth Modave Summer School in Mathematical Physics 2016. The Fronsdal equation and action for both Minkowski and (A)dS backgrounds are discussed in detail.

Citations

• TASI Lectures on the Higher Spin - CFT duality

Cited by

• Introduction to higher-spin theories

Discussions

• In this answer we consider the interesting Fronsdal's higher-spin theory for a free massless symmetric tensor field $\phi_{\mu(j)}$ with integer spin $j\in\mathbb{N}_0$ in a Minkowski spacetime $\math [stackexchange, 2 points]

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