scholarly journals Light-front higher-spin theories in flat space

2017 ◽  
Vol 50 (9) ◽  
pp. 095401 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dmitry Ponomarev ◽  
Evgeny Skvortsov
Keyword(s):  
Flat Space ◽  
Light Front ◽  
Higher Spin

Higher spin theories in flat space–time

2018 ◽  
Vol 33 (34) ◽  
pp. 1845007
Author(s):  
Loriano Bonora
Keyword(s):  
Equations Of Motion ◽  
Flat Space ◽  
Space Time ◽  
Local Fields ◽  
Field Theories ◽  
Gauge Transformations ◽  
Yang Mills ◽  
Higher Spin ◽  
Chern Simons

It is shown that, contrary to a widespread prejudice, massless higher spin (HS) field theories can be defined in flat space–time. Examples of Yang–Mills-like theories with infinite many local fields of any spin are constructed explicitly in any dimension, along with Chern–Simons-like models in any odd dimension. These theories are defined via actions invariant under HS gauge transformations and their equations of motion are derived. It is also briefly explained why these theories circumvent well-known no-go theorems.

New conservation laws for zero rest-mass fields in asymptotically flat space-time

1968 ◽  
Vol 305 (1481) ◽  
pp. 175-204 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Conservation Laws ◽  
Rest Mass ◽  
Power Series Expansion ◽  
Flat Space ◽  
Arbitrary Spin ◽  
Space Time ◽  
Maxwell Theory ◽  
Asymptotically Flat ◽  
Gravitational Fields ◽  
Higher Spin

Some recently discovered exact conservation laws for asymptotically flat gravitational fields are discussed in detail. The analogous conservation laws for zero rest-mass fields of arbitrary spin s = 0,½,1,...) in flat or asymptotically flat space-time are also considered and their connexion with a generalization of Kirchoff’s integral is pointed out. In flat space-time, an infinite hierarchy of such conservation laws exists for each spin value, but these have a somewhat trivial interpretation, describing the asymptotic incoming field (in fact giving the coefficients of a power series expansion of the incoming field). The Maxwell and linearized Einstein theories are analysed here particularly. In asymptotically flat space-time, only the first set of quantities of the hierarchy remain absolutely conserved. These are 4 s + 2 real quantities, for spin s , giving a D ( s , 0) representation of the Bondi-Metzner-Sachs group. But even for these quantities the simple interpretation in terms of incoming waves no longer holds good: it emerges from a study of the stationary gravitational fields that a contribution to the quantities involving the gravitational multipole structure of the field must also be present. Only the vacuum Einstein theory is analysed in this connexion here, the corresponding discussions of the Einstein-Maxwell theory (by Exton and the authors) and the Einstein-Maxwell-neutrino theory (by Exton) being given elsewhere. (A discussion of fields of higher spin in curved space-time along these lines would encounter the familiar difficulties first pointed out by Buchdahl.) One consequence of the discussion given here is that a stationary asymptotically flat gravitational field cannot become radiative and then stationary again after a finite time, except possibly if a certain (origin independent) quadratic combination of multipole moments returns to its original value. This indicates the existence of ‘tails’ to the outgoing waves (or back-scattered field),which destroys the stationary nature of the final field.

scholarly journals Exact renormalization group and loop variables: A background independent approach to string theory

2015 ◽  
Vol 30 (32) ◽  
pp. 1530055 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Sathiapalan
Keyword(s):  
Renormalization Group ◽  
String Theory ◽  
Equations Of Motion ◽  
Flat Space ◽  
World Sheet ◽  
Gauge Invariant ◽  
Variable Approach ◽  
String Loop ◽  
Higher Spin ◽  
Exact Renormalization Group

This paper is a self-contained review of the loop variable approach to string theory. The Exact Renormalization Group is applied to a world sheet theory describing string propagation in a general background involving both massless and massive modes. This gives interacting equations of motion for the modes of the string. Loop variable techniques are used to obtain gauge invariant equations. Since this method is not tied to flat space–time or any particular background metric, it is manifestly background independent. The technique can be applied to both open and closed strings. Thus gauge invariant and generally covariant interacting equations of motion can be written for massive higher spin fields in arbitrary backgrounds. Some explicit examples are given.

scholarly journals Spiky strings in de Sitter space

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mitsuhiro Kato ◽  
Kanji Nishii ◽  
Toshifumi Noumi ◽  
Toshiaki Takeuchi ◽  
Siyi Zhou
Keyword(s):  
Regge Trajectory ◽  
Flat Space ◽  
De Sitter Space ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Spin States ◽  
De Sitter ◽  
Regge Trajectories ◽  
Higher Spin ◽  
Maximum Spin

Abstract We study semiclassical spiky strings in de Sitter space and the corresponding Regge trajectories, generalizing the analysis in anti-de Sitter space. In particular we demonstrate that each Regge trajectory has a maximum spin due to de Sitter acceleration, similarly to the folded string studied earlier. While this property is useful for the spectrum to satisfy the Higuchi bound, it makes a nontrivial question how to maintain mildness of high-energy string scattering which we are familiar with in flat space and anti-de Sitter space. Our analysis implies that in order to have infinitely many higher spin states, one needs to consider infinitely many Regge trajectories with an increasing folding number.

scholarly journals AdS bulk locality from sharp CFT bounds

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (11) ◽  
Author(s):  
Simon Caron-Huot ◽  
Dalimil Mazáč ◽  
Leonardo Rastelli ◽  
David Simmons-Duffin
Keyword(s):  
Central Charge ◽  
Flat Space ◽  
Effective Field ◽  
Dispersion Relations ◽  
Sharp Form ◽  
Conformal Bootstrap ◽  
S Matrix ◽  
Higher Spin ◽  
Single Trace ◽  
Infrared Divergences

Abstract It is a long-standing conjecture that any CFT with a large central charge and a large gap ∆gap in the spectrum of higher-spin single-trace operators must be dual to a local effective field theory in AdS. We prove a sharp form of this conjecture by deriving numerical bounds on bulk Wilson coefficients in terms of ∆gap using the conformal bootstrap. Our bounds exhibit the scaling in ∆gap expected from dimensional analysis in the bulk. Our main tools are dispersive sum rules that provide a dictionary between CFT dispersion relations and S-matrix dispersion relations in appropriate limits. This dictionary allows us to apply recently-developed flat-space methods to construct positive CFT functionals. We show how AdS4 naturally resolves the infrared divergences present in 4D flat-space bounds. Our results imply the validity of twice-subtracted dispersion relations for any S-matrix arising from the flat-space limit of AdS/CFT.

scholarly journals Particle creation in global de Sitter space: Bulk space consideration

2015 ◽  
Vol 24 (07) ◽  
pp. 1550052 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Reza Tanhayi
Keyword(s):  
Plane Wave ◽  
Massive Particle ◽  
Particle Creation ◽  
Flat Space ◽  
De Sitter Space ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Theoretical Point ◽  
De Sitter ◽  
Field Equations ◽  
Higher Spin

Recently in [P. R. Anderson and E. Mottola, Phys. Rev. D 89 (2014) 104039, arXiv:1310.1963 [gr-qc] and P. R. Anderson and E. Mottola, Phys. Rev. D 89 (2014) 104038, arXiv:1310.0030 [gr-qc].], it was shown that global de Sitter space is unstable even to the massive particle creation with no self-interactions. In this paper, we study the instability by making use of the coordinate-independent plane wave in de Sitter space. Within this formalism, we show that the previous results of instability of de Sitter space due to the particle creation can be generalized to higher-spin fields in a straightforward way. The so-called plane wave is defined globally in de Sitter space and de Sitter invariance is manifest since such modes are deduced from the group theoretical point of view by means of the Casimir operators. In fact, we employ the symmetry of embedding space namely the 4 + 1-dimensional flat space to write the field equations and the solutions can be obtained in terms of the plane wave in embedding space.

scholarly journals Relation between parity-even and parity-odd CFT correlation functions in three dimensions

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (12) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sachin Jain ◽  
Renjan Rajan John
Keyword(s):  
Scattering Amplitudes ◽  
Correlation Functions ◽  
Flat Space ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Higher Dimension ◽  
De Sitter ◽  
Higher Spin ◽  
Space Limit ◽  
Point Correlation

Abstract In this paper we relate the parity-odd part of two and three point correlation functions in theories with exactly conserved or weakly broken higher spin symmetries to the parity-even part which can be computed from free theories. We also comment on higher point functions.The well known connection of CFT correlation functions with de-Sitter amplitudes in one higher dimension implies a relation between parity-even and parity-odd amplitudes calculated using non-minimal interactions such as $$ {\mathcal{W}}^3 $$ W 3 and $$ {\mathcal{W}}^2\tilde{\mathcal{W}} $$ W 2 W ˜ . In the flat-space limit this implies a relation between parity-even and parity-odd parts of flat-space scattering amplitudes.

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