4D, N =1 Higher Spin Gauge Superfields and Quantized Twistors

TL;DR

This paper develops a twistor-like oscillator framework for 4D, N=1 higher spin supermultiplets, detailing gauge invariants, Bianchi identities, and a gauge-invariant description of massive multiplets, including the gravitino.

Contribution

It introduces a twistor-inspired oscillator realization for higher spin supermultiplets and extends gauge-invariant descriptions to massive superspin multiplets.

Findings

Established gauge-invariant field strengths and Bianchi identities.

Proposed a gauge-invariant formulation for massive superspin multiplets.

Detailed the gauge-invariant description of the massive gravitino multiplet.

Abstract

For the gauge massless higher spin 4D, N = 1 off-shell supermultiplets previously developed, we provide evidence of a twistor-like oscillator realization that is intrinsically related to the superfield structure of the dynamical variables and gauge transformations. Gauge invariant field strengths and linearized Bianchi identities for these multiplets are worked out. It is further argued, inspired by earlier non- supersymmetric constructions due to Klishevich and Zinoviev, that a massive superspin-$s$ multiplet can be described as a gauge-invariant dynamical system involving massless multiplets of superspins s, s-1/2, ..., 0. A gauge-invariant formulation for the massive gravitino multiplet is discussed in some detail.