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On Higher Derivatives in 3D Gravity and Higher Spin Gauge Theories

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arxiv 0911.3061 v3 pith:NO5GTOUC submitted 2009-11-16 hep-th

On Higher Derivatives in 3D Gravity and Higher Spin Gauge Theories

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The general second-order massive field equations for arbitrary positive integer spin in three spacetime dimensions, and their "self-dual" limit to first-order equations, are shown to be equivalent to gauge-invariant higher-derivative field equations. We recover most known equivalences for spins 1 and 2, and find some new ones. In particular, we find a non-unitary massive 3D gravity theory with a 5th order term obtained by contraction of the Ricci and Cotton tensors; this term is part of an N=2 super-invariant that includes the "extended Chern-Simons" term of 3D electrodynamics. We also find a new unitary 6th order gauge theory for "self-dual" spin 3.

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