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Covariant actions and propagators for all spins, masses, and dimensions

Lukas W. Lindwasser
Phys. Rev. D 109, 085010 – Published 15 April 2024

Abstract

The explicit covariant actions and propagators are given for fields describing particles of all spins and masses, in any spacetime dimension. Massive particles are realized as “dimensionally reduced” massless particles. To obtain compact expressions for the propagators, it was useful to introduce an auxiliary vector coordinate sμ and consider “hyperfields” that are functions of space Xμ and sμ. The actions and propagators serve as a basic starting point for concrete high spin computations amenable to dimensional regularization, provided that gauge invariant interactions are introduced.

  • Received 27 December 2023
  • Accepted 21 March 2024

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.109.085010

Published by the American Physical Society under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. Further distribution of this work must maintain attribution to the author(s) and the published article’s title, journal citation, and DOI. Funded by SCOAP3.

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Particles & Fields

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Lukas W. Lindwasser*

  • Mani L. Bhaumik Institute for Theoretical Physics, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA

  • *lukaslindwasser@physics.ucla.edu

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Vol. 109, Iss. 8 — 15 April 2024

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