Higher spin Lagrangians from higher derivative diffeomorphisms
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| author | Barker, Will Francia, Dario Marzo, Carlo Santoni, Alessandro |
| author_facet | Barker, Will Francia, Dario Marzo, Carlo Santoni, Alessandro |
| contents | The covariant description of massless particles of arbitrary spin typically employs symmetric tensors of rank $s$ and rests on a local symmetry carried by symmetric tensor parameters of rank $s-1$, suitably generalizing the $U(1)$ transformations of Maxwell's theory and the diffeomorphisms underlying general relativity. Here we show that Fronsdal's action is actually uniquely identified by the weaker requirement of invariance under higher-derivative gauge transformations driven by a vector parameter. This observation may hint to a tighter, if unexpected, connection between higher-spin symmetry and diffeomorphisms. |
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| spellingShingle | Higher spin Lagrangians from higher derivative diffeomorphisms Barker, Will Francia, Dario Marzo, Carlo Santoni, Alessandro High Energy Physics - Theory General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology The covariant description of massless particles of arbitrary spin typically employs symmetric tensors of rank $s$ and rests on a local symmetry carried by symmetric tensor parameters of rank $s-1$, suitably generalizing the $U(1)$ transformations of Maxwell's theory and the diffeomorphisms underlying general relativity. Here we show that Fronsdal's action is actually uniquely identified by the weaker requirement of invariance under higher-derivative gauge transformations driven by a vector parameter. This observation may hint to a tighter, if unexpected, connection between higher-spin symmetry and diffeomorphisms. |
| title | Higher spin Lagrangians from higher derivative diffeomorphisms |
| topic | High Energy Physics - Theory General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.20895 |