String theory and the Velo-Zwanziger problem
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DOI10.1016/J.NUCLPHYSB.2011.01.007zbMATH Open1208.81171arXiv1011.6411OpenAlexW1972090430MaRDI QIDQ632405FDOQ632405
Authors: M. Porrati, Rakibur Rahman, Augusto Sagnotti 
Publication date: 24 March 2011
Published in: Nuclear Physics B (Search for Journal in Brave)
Abstract: We examine the behavior of the leading Regge trajectory of the open bosonic string in a uniform electromagnetic background and present a consistent set of Fierz-Pauli conditions for these symmetric tensors that generalizes the Argyres-Nappi spin-2 result. These equations indicate that String Theory does bypass the Velo-Zwanziger problem, i.e. the loss of causality experienced by a massive high-spin field minimally coupled to electromagnetism. Moreover, we provide some evidence that only the first Regge trajectory can be described in isolation and show that the open-string spectrum is free of ghosts in weak constant backgrounds. Finally, we comment on the roles of the critical dimension and of the gyromagnetic ratio.
Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1011.6411
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