Complex higher spins, Weyl invariance and tractors

Bonezzi, Roberto (2011) Complex higher spins, Weyl invariance and tractors, [Dissertation thesis], Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna. Dottorato di ricerca in Fisica, 23 Ciclo. DOI 10.6092/unibo/amsdottorato/3546.
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Abstract

In this thesis work I analyze higher spin field theories from a first quantized perspective, finding in particular new equations describing complex higher spin fields on Kaehler manifolds. They are studied by means of worldline path integrals and canonical quantization, in the framework of supersymmetric spinning particle theories, in order to investigate their quantum properties both in flat and curved backgrounds. For instance, by quantizing a spinning particle with one complex extended supersymmetry, I describe quantum massless (p,0)-forms and find a worldline representation for their effective action on a Kaehler background, as well as exact duality relations. Interesting results are found also in the definition of the functional integral for the so called O(N) spinning particles, that will allow to study real higher spins on curved spaces. In the second part, I study Weyl invariant field theories by using a particular mathematical framework known as tractor calculus, that enable to maintain at each step manifest Weyl covariance.

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Tipologia del documento
Tesi di dottorato
Autore
Bonezzi, Roberto
Supervisore
Dottorato di ricerca
Scuola di dottorato
Scienze matematiche, fisiche ed astronomiche
Ciclo
23
Coordinatore
Settore disciplinare
Parole chiave
Higher spins, sigma models, supergravity, Weyl symmetry
URN:NBN
DOI
10.6092/unibo/amsdottorato/3546
Data di discussione
5 Aprile 2011
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