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    Towards a Unified Theory of Massless Superfields of All Superspins

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    We describe the ``universal'' action for massless superfields of all superspins in N = 1, D = 4 anti-de Sitter superspace as a gauge theory of unconstrained superfields taking their values in the commutative algebra of analytic functions over a one-sheeted hyperboloid in R3,1R^{3,1}. The action is invariant under N = 2 supersymmetry transformations which form a closed algebra off the mass-shell.Comment: 12 pages, LaTe

    Supertraces on the Algebras of Observables of the Rational Calogero Model with Harmonic Potential

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    We define a complete set of supertraces on the algebra SHN(ν)SH_N(\nu), the algebra of observables of the NN-body rational Calogero model with harmonic interaction. This result extends the previously known results for the simplest cases of N=1N=1 and N=2N=2 to arbitrary NN. It is shown that SHN(ν)SH_N(\nu) admits q(N)q(N) independent supertraces where q(N)q(N) is a number of partitions of NN into a sum of odd positive integers, so that q(N)>1q(N)>1 for N3N\ge 3. Some consequences of the existence of several independent supertraces of SHN(ν)SH_N (\nu ) are discussed such as the existence of ideals in associated WW_{\infty} - type Lie superalgebras.Comment: 22 pages, LATE

    Higher Spin Conformal Currents in Minkowski Space

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    Using unfolded formulation of free equations for massless fields of all spins we obtain explicit form of higher-spin conformal conserved charges bilinear in 4d massless fields of arbitrary spins.Comment: LaTeX, 10 pages. Corrected typo

    Higher-spin current multiplets in operator-product expansions

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    Various formulas for currents with arbitrary spin are worked out in general space-time dimension, in the free field limit and, at the bare level, in presence of interactions. As the n-dimensional generalization of the (conformal) vector field, the (n/2-1)-form is used. The two-point functions and the higher-spin central charges are evaluated at one loop. As an application, the higher-spin hierarchies generated by the stress-tensor operator-product expansion are computed in supersymmetric theories. The results exhibit an interesting universality.Comment: 19 pages. Introductory paragraph, misprint corrected and updated references. CQG in pres

    Lagrange Anchor for Bargmann-Wigner equations

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    A Poincare invariant Lagrange anchor is found for the non-Lagrangian relativistic wave equations of Bargmann and Wigner describing free massless fields of spin s > 1/2 in four-dimensional Minkowski space. By making use of this Lagrange anchor, we assign a symmetry to each conservation law.Comment: A contribution to Proceedings of the XXXI Workshop on the Geometric Methods in Physic
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