Notes on strings and higher spins

DOI10.1088/1751-8113/46/21/214006zbMATH Open1302.81147arXiv1112.4285OpenAlexW2129452705MaRDI QIDQ2875868FDOQ2875868

Authors: Augusto Sagnotti 

Publication date: 12 August 2014

Published in: Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: These notes are devoted to the intriguing and still largely unexplored links between String Theory and Higher Spins, the types of excitations that lie behind its most cherished properties. A closer look at higher-spin fields provides some further clues that String Theory describes a broken phase of a Higher-Spin Gauge Theory. Conversely, string amplitudes contain a wealth of information on higher-spin interactions that can clarify long-standing issues related to their infrared behavior.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1112.4285

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to quantum theory (81-02) Spinor and twistor methods applied to problems in quantum theory (81R25) Quantum field theory on curved space or space-time backgrounds (81T20) String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30) Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45) Kaluza-Klein and other higher-dimensional theories (83E15)

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