Massive higher spins: effective theory and consistency

Bellazzini, Brando; Riva, Francesco; Serra, Javi; Sgarlata, Francesco

doi:10.1007/JHEP10(2019)189

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Massive higher spins: effective theory and consistency

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Bellazzini, Brando; Riva, Francesco; Serra, Javi; Sgarlata, Francesco

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Journal of High Energy Physics, vol. 2019, p. 1-31

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2019

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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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Faculté des sciences / Section de physique / Département de physique nucléaire et corpusculaire

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BELLAZZINI, Brando et al. Massive higher spins: effective theory and consistency. In: Journal of High Energy Physics, 2019, vol. 2019, p. 1–31. doi: 10.1007/JHEP10(2019)189

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PID : unige:128808
DOI : 10.1007/JHEP10(2019)189
arXiv : 1903.0866399999998

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