Lagrangian formulation of massive fermionic totally antisymmetric tensor field theory in AdS_d space

We apply the BRST approach, developed for higher spin field theories, to Lagrangian construction for totally antisymmetric massive fermionic fields in AdS_d space. As well as generic higher spin massive theories, the obtained Lagrangian theory is a reducible gauge model containing, besides the basic field, a number of auxiliary (Stuckelberg) fields and the order of reducibility grows with the value of the rank of the antisymmetric field. However, unlike the generic higher spin theory, for the special case under consideration we show that one can get rid of all the auxiliary fields and the final Lagrangian for fermionic antisymmetric field is formulated only in terms of basic field.Comment: 22 pages; v2: 1 footnote and 2 references adde

The Fear of Cockroaches Questionnaire (FCQ)

The aim of this study was to validate the Fear of Cockroaches Questionnaire (FCQ) in general Italian population. The FCQ is an 18-item self-report questionnaire assessing fear of cockroaches. It was translated in Italian and modified as a cockroach adaption of the Fear of Spiders Questionnaire. Data obtained from 329 (mean age 24.21 ± 4.08 years) undergraduates revealed that the FCQ allowed discrimination between high fear and low fear subjects. Exploratory Factor Analysis revealed a mono-factorial structure. The FCQ has a good test-retest reliability (r=0.95) and a good internal consistency (α=0.95). The FCQ correlates with other measures related to fear of small animals, showing good concurrent validity. Finally, the FCQ score seems to be a measure of the fear free from disgust and anxiety caused by the cockroach exposition