Conformal higher spin theory and twistor space actions

DOI10.1088/1751-8121/aa9108zbMath1380.81326arXiv1604.08209OpenAlexW3101659956MaRDI QIDQ4600921

Philipp Hähnel, Tristan Mc Loughlin

Publication date: 18 January 2018

Published in: Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1604.08209

zbMATH Keywords

AdS/CFTtwistor theoryhigher spin theory

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Two-dimensional field theories, conformal field theories, etc. in quantum mechanics (81T40) Quantum field theory on curved space or space-time backgrounds (81T20) Jets in global analysis (58A20) Spinor and twistor methods applied to problems in quantum theory (81R25) Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) Methods of quantum field theory in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C47) Applications of vector bundles and moduli spaces in mathematical physics (twistor theory, instantons, quantum field theory) (14D21)

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