On the gauge symmetries of Maxwell-like higher-spin Lagrangians

DOI10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2014.02.001zbMath1284.70047arXiv1310.8589OpenAlexW2054957909MaRDI QIDQ2443525

Dario Francia, Simon L. Lyakhovich, Alexey A. Sharapov

Publication date: 7 April 2014

Published in: Nuclear Physics. B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1310.8589

zbMATH Keywords

Syzygyreducible gauge symmetryhigher-spin theory

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of Lie groups to the sciences; explicit representations (22E70) Electromagnetic theory (general) (78A25) Constrained dynamics, Dirac's theory of constraints (70H45) Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in mechanics of particles and systems (70S15) Lagrangian formalism and Hamiltonian formalism in mechanics of particles and systems (70S05) Symmetries and conservation laws in mechanics of particles and systems (70S10)

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