First Order Formalism for Massive Mixed Symmetry Tensor Fields in Minkowski and (A)dS Spaces

TL;DR

This paper develops a first order formalism for massive mixed symmetry tensor fields in Minkowski and (A)dS spaces, extending previous massless case results and exploring various massless and partially massless limits.

Contribution

It introduces a first order formulation for massive mixed symmetry tensors in different spacetimes, including all massless and partially massless limits, building on prior massless field work.

Findings

Unified formalism for massive and massless mixed symmetry tensors

Analysis of massless and partially massless limits in (A)dS spaces

Extension of previous massless results to massive case

Abstract

In this paper we extend our recent results (hep-th/0304067) on the first order formulation for the massless mixed symmetry tensor fields to the case of massive fields both in Minkowski as well as in (Anti) de Sitter spaces (including all possible massless and partially massless limits). Main physical results are essentially the same as in hep-th/0211233.