2012/09/18 by Masako Asano
Physics and Astronomy · #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #hep-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2012.11.008
35 pages
arxiv created 2012/09/18 · openalex publication_date 2012/11/14 · arxiv updated 2015/06/11 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/29
We propose a systematic procedure for extracting gauge invariant and gauge fixed actions for various higher-spin gauge field theories from covariant bosonic open string field theory. By identifying minimal gauge invariant part for the original free string field theory action, we explicitly construct a class of covariantly gauge fixed actions with BRST and anti-BRST invariance. By expanding the actions with respect to the level N of string states, the actions for various massive fields including higher-spin fields are systematically obtained. As illustrating examples, we explicitly investigate the level N<=3 part and obtain the consistent actions for massive graviton field, massive 3rd rank symmetric tensor field, or antisymmetric field. We also investigate the tensionless limit of the actions and explicitly derive the gauge invariant and gauge fixed actions for general rank n symmetric and anti-symmetric tensor fields.