Analysis of higher spin field equations in four dimensions

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 1391-1414

  Sezgin, Ergin ^a   Sundell, Per A ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

AdS CFT and dS CFT Correspondence; M Theory; Space Time Symmetries; Supergravity Models

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044488500     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2002/07/055     Document Type: Article

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