Higher spin fields from a worldline perspective

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2007, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Bastianelli, Fiorenzo ^a,b   Corradini, Olindo ^a,b   Latini, Emanuele ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b INFN SEZIONE DI BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c INFN LABORATORI NAZIONALI DI FRASCATI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gauge symmetry; Sigma models; Supergravity models

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947639531     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2007/02/072     Document Type: Article

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