Limiting shifted homotopy in higher-spin theory and spin-locality

A bstract Higher-spin vertices containing up to quintic interactions at the LagTangian level are explicitly calculated in the one-form sector of the non-linear unfolded higher-spin equations using a 𝛽 →-∞-shifted contracting homotopy introduced in the paper. The problem is solved in a background ind...

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Published inThe journal of high energy physics Vol. 2019; no. 12; pp. 1 - 51
Main Authors Didenko, V.E., Gelfond, O.A., Korybut, A.V., Vasiliev, M.A.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.12.2019
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Summary:A bstract Higher-spin vertices containing up to quintic interactions at the LagTangian level are explicitly calculated in the one-form sector of the non-linear unfolded higher-spin equations using a 𝛽 →-∞-shifted contracting homotopy introduced in the paper. The problem is solved in a background independent way and for any value of the complex parameter 𝜂 in the higher-spin equations. All obtained vertices are shown to be spin-local containing a finite number of derivatives in the spinor space for any given set of spins. The vertices proportional to 𝜂 2 and η ¯ 2 are in addition ultra-local, i.e., zero-forms that enter into the vertex in question are free from the dependence on at least one of the spinor variables y or y ¯ . Also the 𝜂 2 and η ¯ 2 vertices are shown to vanish on any purely gravitational background hence not contributing to the higher-spin current interactions on AdS 4 . This implies in particular that the gravitational constant in front of the stress tensor is positive being proportional to η η ¯ . It is shown that the 𝛽-shifted homotopy technique developed in this paper can be reinterpreted as the conventional one but in the 𝛽-dependent deformed star product.
ISSN:1029-8479
1029-8479
DOI:10.1007/JHEP12(2019)086