Comments on higher-spin symmetries

International Journal of Geometric Methods in Modern Physics

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 285-342

  Bekaert, Xavier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

Author keywords

Higher spins; Infinite dimensional symmetry algebras

Indexed keywords

EID: 65449156404     PISSN: 02198878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0219887809003527     Document Type: Article

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