Conformal Interactions Between Matter and Higher‐Spin (Super)Fields

DOI10.1002/PROP.202200157arXiv2208.07783OpenAlexW4308248436MaRDI QIDQ6092883FDOQ6092883

Authors: Sergei M. Kuzenko, Michael Ponds, Emmanouil S. N. Raptakis 

Publication date: 23 November 2023

Published in: Fortschritte der Physik (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In even spacetime dimensions, the interacting bosonic conformal higher-spin (CHS) theory can be realised as an induced action. The main ingredient in this definition is the model $mathcalS[varphi,h]$ describing a complex scalar field $varphi$ coupled to an infinite set of background CHS fields $h$, with $mathcalS[varphi,h]$ possessing a non-abelian gauge symmetry. Two characteristic features of the perturbative constructions of $mathcalS[varphi,h]$ given in the literature are: (i) the background spacetime is flat; and (ii) conformal invariance is not manifest. In the present paper we provide a new derivation of this action in four dimensions such that (i) $mathcalS[varphi,h]$ is defined on an arbitrary conformally-flat background; and (ii) the background conformal symmetry is manifestly realised. Next, our results are extended to the $mathcalN=1$ supersymmetric case. Specifically, we construct, for the first time, a model $mathcalS[Phi,H]$ for a conformal scalar/chiral multiplet $Phi$ coupled to an infinite set of background higher-spin superfields $H$. Our action possesses a non-abelian gauge symmetry which naturally generalises the linearised gauge transformations of conformal half-integer superspin multiplets. The other fundamental features of this model are: (i) $mathcalS[Phi,H]$ is defined on an arbitrary conformally-flat superspace background; and (ii) the background $mathcalN=1$ superconformal symmetry is manifest. Making use of $mathcalS[Phi,H]$, an interacting superconformal higher-spin theory can be defined as an induced action.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2208.07783

zbMATH Keywords

higher-spinconformal interactions

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum theory (81-XX)

Cites Work

• Harmonic superspace
• Higher symmetries of the Laplacian
• Title not available (Why is that?)
• Cubic interaction in conformal theory of integer higher-spin fields in four-dimensional space-time
• New hyperkähler metrics and new supermultiplets
• \(N=2\) super Yang-Mills theory in projective superspace
• Superconformal gravity in three dimensions as a gauge theory
• N⩾=2 supersymmetric Chern-Simons terms as d=3 extended conformal supergravity
• Title not available (Why is that?)
• Renormalization-group equations in curved space-time
• Limiting cases of a superstring in AdS\(_5\times S^5\)
• Superfield Noether procedure
• Symmetry algebras of linear differential equations

Cited In (10)

• Covariant action for conformal higher spin gravity
• Bilinear Fronsdal currents in the \(\mathrm{AdS}_4\) higher-spin theory
• Conformal Yang-Mills field in arbitrary dimensions
• \(\mathcal{N} = 2\) superconformal higher-spin multiplets and their hypermultiplet couplings
• On higher-spin \(\mathcal{N} = 2\) supercurrent multiplets
• \(\mathcal{N} = 2\) higher spins: superfield equations of motion, the hypermultiplet supercurrents, and the component structure
• Conformal Yang-Mills field in (A)dS space
• On matter coupled to the higher spin square
• Towards \(\mathcal{N} = 2\) superconformal higher-spin theory
• Higher spins in harmonic superspace

This page was built for publication: Conformal Interactions Between Matter and Higher‐Spin (Super)Fields

Report a bug (only for logged in users!)Click here to report a bug for this page (MaRDI item Q6092883)