The continuous spin limit of higher spin field equations

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn , Issue 1, 2006, Pages 2925-2943

  Bekaert, Xavier ^a   Mourad, Jihad ^b,c  

^a INSTITUT DES HAUTES ÉTUDES SCIENTIFIQUES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

Author keywords

Field Theories in Higher Dimensions; Gauge Symmetry; Space Time Symmetries

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645532239     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2006/01/115     Document Type: Article

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