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Higher spin gauge theories in various dimensions. (English) Zbl 1052.81071

Summary: Properties of nonlinear higher spin gauge theories of totally symmetric massless higher spin fields in anti-de Sitter space of any dimension are discussed with the emphasize on the general aspects of the approach.

MSC:

81T13 Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in quantum field theory
83E15 Kaluza-Klein and other higher-dimensional theories
81R25 Spinor and twistor methods applied to problems in quantum theory