Duality for massive spin two theories in arbitrary dimensions

DOI10.1088/1126-6708/2008/09/058zbMATH Open1245.81090arXiv0806.3200OpenAlexW2023258007WikidataQ56779696 ScholiaQ56779696MaRDI QIDQ445600FDOQ445600

B. González, L. F. Urrutia, R. Montemayor, Adel Khoudeir

Publication date: 26 August 2012

Published in: Journal of High Energy Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Using the parent Lagrangian approach we construct a dual formulation, in the sense originally proposed by Curtright and Freund, of a massive spin two Fierz-Pauli theory in arbitrary dimensions $D$. This is achieved in terms of a mixed symmetry tensor $T_{A[B_1{B}_2\mathrm{...}{B}_{D-2}]}$, without the need of auxiliary fields. The relation of this method with an alternative formulation based on a gauge symmetry principle proposed by Zinoviev is elucidated. We show that the latter formulation in four dimensions, with a given gauge fixing together with a definite sequence of auxiliary fields elimination via their equations of motion, leads to the parent Lagrangian already considered by West completed by a Fierz-Pauli mass term, which in turns yields the Curtright-Freund action. This motivates our generalization to arbitrary dimensions leading to the corresponding extension of the four dimensional result. We identify the transverse true degrees of freedom of the dual theory and verify that their number is in accordance with those of the massive Fierz-Pauli field.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0806.3200

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in quantum field theory (81T13)

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