General form of the deformation of Poisson superbracket on (2,2)-dimensional superspace

Continuous formal deformations of the Poisson superbracket defined on compactly supported smooth functions on n-dimensional space taking values in a Grassmann algebra with m generating elements are described up to an equivalence transformation for the case n=m=2. It is shown that in this case the Poisson superalgebra has an additional deformation comparing with other superdimensions (n,m).Comment: LaTex, 13 page

Point particle in general background fields vs. free gauge theories of traceless symmetric tensors

Point particle may interact to traceless symmetric tensors of arbitrary rank. Free gauge theories of traceless symmetric tensors are constructed, that provides a possibility for a new type of interactions, when particles exchange by those gauge fields. The gauge theories are parameterized by the particle's mass m and otherwise are unique for each rank s. For m=0, they are local gauge models with actions of 2s-th order in derivatives, known in d=4 as "pure spin", or "conformal higher spin" actions by Fradkin and Tseytlin. For nonzero m, each rank-s model undergoes a unique nonlocal deformation which entangles fields of all ranks, starting from s. There exists a nonlocal transform which maps m > 0 theories onto m=0 ones, however, this map degenerates at some m > 0 fields whose polarizations are determined by zeros of Bessel functions. Conformal covariance properties of the m=0 models are analyzed, the space of gauge fields is shown to admit an action of an infinite-dimensional "conformal higher spin" Lie algebra which leaves gauge transformations intact.Comment: 21 pages, remarks on nonlinear generalization added, a mistake in the discussion of degenerate solutions correcte