Massive higher spins: effective theory and consistency

Autor: Brando Bellazzini, Francesco Riva, Javi Serra, Francesco Sgarlata
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Journal of High Energy Physics, Vol 2019, Iss 10, Pp 1-31 (2019)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1029-8479
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP10(2019)189
Popis: Abstract We construct the effective field theory for a single massive higher-spin particle in flat spacetime. Positivity bounds of the S-matrix force the cutoff of the theory to be well below the naive strong-coupling scale, forbid any potential and make therefore higher- derivative operators important even at low energy. As interesting application, we discuss in detail the massive spin-3 theory and show that an extended Galileon-like symmetry of the longitudinal modes, even with spin, emerges at high energy.
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