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Stringlike theory in three dimensions and massive higher spins

Year: 2020

Type: article

Abstract: An example of a consistent theory with massive higher spin fields is constructed in flat space-time of dimension three. The action is written in the light-cone gauge. The theory has certain stringlike features, e.g., its spectrum is unbounded in spin and mass; the theory admits Chan-Paton factors. The quartic and the higher tree-level amplitudes vanish, which softens the UV behavior at the loop level and provides a new mechanism of how massive higher spin states can resolve the quantum gravity problem.

Source: Physical review. D/Physical review. D.

DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.102.126010

Authors: Evgeny Skvortsov, Tung Tran, Mirian Tsulaia

Institutions: P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate 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: hybrid

Funders: International Max Planck Research School for Environmental, Cellular and Molecular Microbiology, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, Russian Science Foundation

Award: G2425405332