BRST approach to Lagrangian formulation for mixed-symmetry fermionic higher-spin fields

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2007, Issue 10, 2007, Pages

  Moshin, Pavel Yu ^a,b   Reshetnyak, Alexander A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b TOMSK STATE PEDAGOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c INSTITUTE OF STRENGTH PHYSICS AND MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

BRST symmetry; Field theories in higher dimensions; Gauge symmetry; Space time symmetries

Indexed keywords

EID: 35948972499     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2007/10/040     Document Type: Article

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