Conformal invariance of partially massless higher spins

DOI10.1016/j.physletb.2004.10.007zbMath1247.81184arXivhep-th/0408155OpenAlexW2012412955MaRDI QIDQ452197

Stanley Deser, Andrew K. Waldron

Publication date: 19 September 2012

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

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0408155

zbMATH Keywords

\(d=4\) de Sitter spaceconformally invariant theories

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum field theory on curved space or space-time backgrounds (81T20) Methods of quantum field theory in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C47) Covariant wave equations in quantum theory, relativistic quantum mechanics (81R20)

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