Higher spin gauge theories in various dimensions

2004/01/31 by M. A. Vasiliev · 6 citations
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paper · pdf · doi:10.1002/prop.200410167

published as Fortsch.Phys.52:702-717,2004 · LaTeX, 20 pages, Unified version of the talks delivered at International Workshop "Supersymmetries and Quantum Symmetries" (SQS'03, Dubna, Russia, July 24-29, 2003), 27th Johns Hopkins Workshop (Goteborg, Sweden, August 24-26) and 36th International Symposium Ahrenshoop on the Theory of Elementary Particles (Berlin, Germany, 26-30 Aug 2003); typos corrected, reference added

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Abstract

Abstract Properties of nonlinear higher spin gauge theories of totally symmetric massless higher spin fields in anti‐de Sitter space of any dimension are discussed with the emphasize on the general aspects of the approach.

Citations

• On geometric equations and duality for free higher spins
• On the proposed AdS dual of the critical O(N) sigma model for any dimension 2<d<4
• The minimal conformalO(N) vector sigma model atd= 3
• supersymmetric theory of higher spin gauge fields in AdS5 at the cubic level
• 3D interacting CFTs and generalized Higgs phenomenon in higher spin theories on AdS
• All possible generators of supersymmetries of the S-matrix
• The Superalgebraic Approach to Supergravity
• Supergravity
• The large N limit of superconformal field theories and supergravity

Cited by

• Constructing the cubic interaction vertex of higher spin gauge fields
• Effective action for higher spin fields on (A)dS backgrounds
• Introduction to the Classical Theory of Higher Spins
• Higher spin symmetry (breaking) in N = 4 SYM and holography
• Refined stable pair invariants for E-, M- and [p, q]-strings
• More on ``La Grande Bouffe'': towards higher spin symmetry breaking in AdS