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arxiv: 0810.2852 · v2 · pith:WM64Y723new · submitted 2008-10-16 · ✦ hep-th

Quartet unconstrained formulation for massive higher spin fields

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We generalize the unconstrained description of free massless higher spin fields previously developed in [Nucl.Phys. B 779 (2007) 155] to the case of free massive higher spin fields in a flat space of arbitrary dimension. The Lagrangian is given in an easy-to-handle form for an arbitrary value of spin. It is local, free from higher derivative terms, and involves a minimal number of auxiliary fields needed for an unconstrained gauge invariant description of a free massive higher spin field in arbitrary dimension.

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