期刊
NUCLEAR PHYSICS B
卷 881, 期 -, 页码 248-268出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2014.02.001
关键词
Reducible gauge symmetry; Syzygy; Higher-spin theory
资金
- Scuola Normale Superiore
- Centro E. Fermi
- INFN [I.S. TV12]
- MIUR-PRIN [2009-KHZKRX]
- RFBR [13-02-00551, 11-01-00830-a]
- Dynasty Foundation
In their simplest form, metric-like Lagrangians for higher-spin massless fields are usually assumed to display constrained gauge symmetries, unless auxiliary fields are introduced or locality is foregone. Specifically, in its standard incarnation, gauge invariance of Maxwell-like Lagrangians relies on parameters with vanishing divergence. We find an alternative form of the corresponding local symmetry involving unconstrained gauge parameters of mixed-symmetry type, described by rectangular two-row Young diagrams and entering high-derivative gauge transformations. The resulting gauge algebra appears to be reducible and we display the full pattern of gauge-for-gauge parameters, testing its correctness via the corresponding counting of degrees of freedom. The algebraic techniques applied in this work also allow us to elucidate some general properties of linear gauge systems. In particular, we establish the general fact that any linear local field theory always admits unconstrained, local, and finitely reducible parametrization of the gauge symmetry. Incidentally, this shows that massless higher spins admit a local unconstrained formulation with no need for auxiliary fields. (C) 2014 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).
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