Construction of conformally invariant higher spin operators using transvector algebras (Q2928093)

The paper under review systematically constructs elliptic higher spin differential operators acting on functions on the \(m\)-dimensional Euclidean space \({\mathbb R}^m\) taking values in arbitrary half-integer irreducible spin-representations, i.e. the higher version of the Dirac operator and associated twistor operators together with their duals. They are constructed as generators of a transvector algebra or Michelsson-Zhelobenko algebra (e.g.\textit{D. P. Zhelobenko} [Group theoretical methods in physics, Proc. 3rd Semin., Yurmala/USSR 1985, Vol. 2, 71--93 (1986; Zbl 0684.22011)]).NEWLINENEWLINENaturally, the authors sustain the construction also to prove conformal invariance of these operators by explicit calculations, verifying that the first-order generalized symmetries generate a Lie algebra isomorphic to \(\mathfrak{so}(1,m+1)\). The present objective is pursued by exploiting the techniques of abstract representation theory for Lie algebras combined with those of Clifford analysis.