Generalized curvature and Ricci tensors for a higher spin potential and the trace anomaly in external higher spin fields in AdS4 space

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 796, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 457-470

  Manvelyan, Ruben ^a,b   Rühl, Werner ^a  

^a University of Koblenz Landau   (Germany)

^b YEREVAN PHYSICS INSTITUTE   (Armenia)

Author keywords

Higher spin fields; Trace anomaly

Indexed keywords

EID: 40849133990     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2007.11.040     Document Type: Article

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