Higher-spin Supercurrents
Nikita Zaigraev (Bogoliubov Laboratory of Theoretical Physics, JINR, Dubna, Russia, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Dolgoprudny, Russia)
We have constructed conserved higher-spin supercurrents for an arbitrary integer spin through the unconstrained superfield formulation of massless higher-spin theories in the harmonic superspace. The obtained supercurrents are gauge-invariant and determine consistent cubic interactions in the gauge superfield × supercurrent form for massless spin and two massless spin supermultiplets. Such interactions and supercurrents exist only for . These supercurrents are the supersymmetric extension of Berends-Burgers-van Dam higher-spin currents and generalize the linearized Bel-Robinson tensor. The relevant supercurrents can be considered as the descendants of the principle supercurrent, which has a simple universal structure. An important feature of our outcomes is that, ultimately, all supercurrents are built from the superfield strengths, which are constructed from the unconstrained analytical higher-spin prepotentials.