Currents of Arbitrary Spin in AdS3AdS_3

We study conserved currents of any integer or half integer spin built from massless scalar and spinor fields in $AdS_3$. 2-forms dual to the conserved currents in $AdS_3$ are shown to be exact in the class of infinite expansions in higher derivatives of the matter fields with the coefficients containing inverse powers of the cosmological constant. This property has no analog in the flat space and may be related to the holography of the AdS spaces.Comment: LaTeX, 11 pages, no figures; minor changes, version to appear in Phys.Lett.

Coordinate-Free Action for AdS3 Higher-Spin-Matter Systems

A coordinate-free action principle for the N=2 supersymmetric model of spin 0 and spin 1/2 matter fields interacting via Chern-Simons higher spin gauge fields in AdS3 is formulated in terms of star-product algebra of two oscillators. Although describing proper relativistic dynamics the action does not contain space-time coordinates. It is given by a supertrace of a forth-order polynomial in the 3d higher spin superalgebra. The theory admits a free parameter characterizing the inequivalent vacua associated with the parameter of mass m of the matter fields. For the case of the massless matter, the model has a form of the noncommutative 2d Yang-Mills theory with some infinite-dimensional gauge group. The limit m\to\infty corresponds to the SU(\infty) 2d Yang-Mills theory.Comment: LaTeX, 14 pages, no figures; revised version to be published in Phys.Lett.

Higher-Spin Gauge Interactions for Massive Matter Fields in 3D AdS Space-Time

A remarkable feature of the models with interactions exhibiting higher-spin (HS) gauge symmetries in $d>2$ is that their most symmetric vacua require (anti)-de Sitter (AdS) geometry rather than the flat one. In striking parallelism to what might be expected of M theory HS gauge theories describe infinite towers of fields of all spins and possess naturally space-time SUSY and Chan-Paton type inner symmetries. In this paper, we analyze at the level of the equations of motion the simplest non-trivial HS model which describes HS gauge interactions (on the top of the usual supergravitational and (Chern-Simons) Yang-Mills interactions) of massive spin-0 and spin-1/2 matter fields in d=2+1 AdS space-time. The parameter of mass of the matter fields is identified with the vev of a certain auxiliary field in the model. The matter fields are shown to be arranged into d3 N=2 massive hypermultiplets in certain representations of $U(n)\times U(m)$ Yang-Mills gauge groups. Discrete symmetries of the full system are studied, and the related N=1 supersymmetric truncations with O(n) and Sp(n) Yang-Mills symmetries are constructed. The simplicity of the model allows us to elucidate some general properties of the HS models. In particular, a new result, which can have interesting implications to the higher-dimensional models, is that our model is shown to admit an "integrating" flow that proves existence of a non-local B\"acklund-Nicolai-type mapping to the free system.Comment: LaTeX, 46 pages, no figures; minor corrections, typo

Higher-Spin Theory and Space-Time Metamorphoses

Introductory lectures on higher-spin gauge theory given at 7 Aegean workshop on non-Einstein theories of gravity. The emphasis is on qualitative features of the higher-spin gauge theory and peculiarities of its space-time interpretation. In particular, it is explained that Riemannian geometry cannot play a fundamental role in the higher-spin gauge theory. The higher-spin symmetries are argued to occur at ultra high energy scales beyond the Planck scale. This suggests that the higher-spin gauge theory can help to understand Quantum Gravity. Various types of higher-spin dualities are briefly discussed.Comment: 37 pages, no figures; V2: references adde