Stringlike theory in three dimensions and massive higher spins

Skvortsov, Evgeny; Tran, Tung und Tsulaia, Mirian (2020): Stringlike theory in three dimensions and massive higher spins. In: Physical Review D, Vol. 102, No. 12, 126010

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.

• Item Type: Journal article
• Faculties: Physics
• Subjects: 500 Science > 530 Physics
• ISSN: 2470-0010
• Language: English