Massless Infinite Spin (Super)particles and Fields

I. L. Buchbinder, A. P. Isaev, Sergey Fedoruk

2020Proceedings of the Steklov Institute of Mathematics10 citationsDOI

Abstract

A new twistor field formulation of a model of a massless infinite spin particle is proposed. A twistor infinite spin field is found, and its helicity decomposition is obtained. Twistorial equations of motion for infinite spin fields are derived in the cases of integer and half-integer helicities. The infinite integer spin field and infinite half-integer spin field are shown to form an N = 1 infinite spin supermultiplet. The corresponding supersymmetry transformations are presented. It is proved that the supersymmetry algebra is closed on-shell.

Topics & Concepts

Twistor theorySupermultipletSupersymmetryMassless particleSpin (aerodynamics)Integer (computer science)HelicityPhysicsMathematical physicsField (mathematics)Indecomposable moduleMathematicsQuantum mechanicsPure mathematicsThermodynamicsComputer scienceSupergravityProgramming languageBlack Holes and Theoretical PhysicsNoncommutative and Quantum Gravity TheoriesCosmology and Gravitation Theories