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N=2 supersymmetric higher spin gauge theories and current multiplets in three dimensions

Jessica Hutomo, Sergei M. Kuzenko, and Daniel Ogburn
Phys. Rev. D 98, 125004 – Published 10 December 2018

Abstract

We describe several families of primary linear supermultiplets coupled to three-dimensional N=2 conformal supergravity and use them to construct topological BF-type terms. We introduce conformal higher-spin gauge superfields and associate with them Chern-Simons-type actions that are constructed as an extension of the linearized action for N=2 conformal supergravity. These actions possess gauge and super-Weyl invariance in any conformally flat superspace and involve a higher-spin generalization of the linearized N=2 super-Cotton tensor. For massless higher-spin supermultiplets in (1,1) anti-de Sitter (AdS) superspace, we propose two off-shell Lagrangian gauge formulations, which are related to each other by a duality transformation. Making use of these massless theories allows us to formulate consistent higher-spin supercurrent multiplets in (1,1) AdS superspace. Explicit examples of such supercurrent multiplets are provided for models of massive chiral supermultiplets. Off-shell formulations for massive higher-spin supermultiplets in (1,1) AdS superspace are proposed.

  • Received 7 September 2018

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.98.125004

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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Jessica Hutomo*, Sergei M. Kuzenko, and Daniel Ogburn

  • Department of Physics M013, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley W.A. 6009, Australia

  • *jessica.hutomo@research.uwa.edu.au
  • sergei.kuzenko@uwa.edu.au
  • daniel.x.ogburn@gmail.com

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Vol. 98, Iss. 12 — 15 December 2018

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