This paper studies the two-spinor form of the Rarita-Schwinger potentials
subject to local boundary conditions compatible with local supersymmetry. The
massless Rarita-Schwinger field equations are studied in four-real-dimensional
Riemannian backgrounds with boundary. Gauge transformations on the potentials
are shown to be compatible with the field equations providing the background is
Ricci-flat, in agreement with previous results in the literature. However, the
preservation of boundary conditions under such gauge transformations leads to a
restriction of the gauge freedom. The recent construction by Penrose of
secondary potentials which supplement the Rarita-Schwinger potentials is then
applied. The equations for the secondary potentials, jointly with the boundary
conditions, imply that the background four-geometry is further restricted to be
totally flat.Comment: 23 pages, plain TeX, no figures. The paper has been completely
revise
