Gauge Invariant Lagrangian Formulations for Mixed Symmetry Higher Spin Bosonic Fields in AdS Spaces

Abstract

We deduce a non-linear commutator higher-spin (HS) symmetry algebra which encodes unitary irreducible representations of the AdS group -- subject to a Young tableaux $Y(s_1,\ldots ,s_k)$ with $k\geq 2$ rows -- in a $d$-dimensional anti-de-Sitter space. Auxiliary representations for a deformed non-linear HS symmetry algebra in terms of a generalized Verma module, as applied to additively convert a subsystem of second-class constraints in the HS symmetry algebra into one with first-class constraints, are found explicitly in the case of a $k=2$ Young tableaux. An oscillator realization over the Heisenberg algebra for the Verma module is constructed. The results generalize the method of constructing auxiliary representations for the symplectic $sp(2k)$ algebra used for mixed-symmetry HS fields in flat spaces \cite{BRbos}. Polynomial deformations of the $su(1,1)$ algebra related to the Bethe ansatz are studied as a by-product. A nilpotent BRST operator for a non-linear HS symmetry algebra of the converted constraints for $Y(s_1, s_2)$ is found, with non-vanishing terms (resolving the Jacobi identities) of third order in powers of ghost coordinates. A gauge-invariant unconstrained reducible Lagrangian formulation for a free bosonic HS field of generalized spin $(s_1,s_2)$ is deduced. Following the results of \cite{BuchbinderReshetnyak, BRmasscub}, we develop a BRST approach to constructing general off-shell local cubic interaction vertices for irreducible massive higher-spin fields (being candidates for massive particles in the Dark Matter problem). A new reducible gauge-invariant Lagrangian formulation for an antisymmetric massive tensor field of spin $(1,1)$ is obtained.