Symmetric formulation for higher spin correlators, quantum effective action and anomaly

2026/08/02 by Melik Karapetyan, Ruben Manvelyan
Physics and Astronomy · #hep-th

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arxiv created 2026/08/02 · arxiv updated 2026/08/04

Abstract

We develop a constructive framework for the three-point higher spin conformal correlation function, originally introduced in our previous work, and apply it as the foundation for constructing the quantum effective action of the corresponding higher spin conformal gauge theory. Employing a symmetric refinement of the earlier construction, we analyze the principal singularity of the three-point function and the associated effective action. This leads to a general method for extracting the dominant singularity and investigating the anomalous local contributions to the effective action.

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