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Quartic interaction vertex in the massive integer higher spin field theory in a constant electromagnetic field

Year: 2015

Type: article

Abstract: We consider the massive integer higher spin fields coupled to an external constant electromagnetic field in flat space of arbitrary dimension and find a gauge invariant quartic interaction vertex which is quadratic in a dynamical higher spin field and quadratic in the external field. The construction of the vertex is based on the BRST approach to higher spin field theory where no off-shell constraints on the fields and on the gauge parameters are imposed from the very beginning (unconstrained formulation).

Source: The European Physical Journal C

DOI: 10.1140/epjc/s10052-015-3687-z

Authors: I. L. Buchbinder, V. A. Krykhtin

Institutions: Tomsk State Pedagogical University, National Research Tomsk State University

Language: English

Topic: Black Holes and Theoretical Physics

Subfield: Nuclear and High Energy Physics

Field: Physics and Astronomy

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: diamond

Funders: Russian Foundation for Basic Research, Mainz Institute for Theoretical Physics, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

Awards: G1171755536, G5650724627, G6471748666