# Conformal geometry and (super)conformal higher-spin gauge theories

@article{Kuzenko2019ConformalGA,
title={Conformal geometry and (super)conformal higher-spin gauge theories},
author={Sergei M. Kuzenko and Michael Ponds},
journal={Journal of High Energy Physics},
year={2019},
volume={2019},
pages={1-59}
}
• Published 21 February 2019
• Physics
• Journal of High Energy Physics
A bstractWe develop a manifestly conformal approach to describe linearised (super)conformal higher-spin gauge theories in arbitrary conformally flat backgrounds in three and four spacetime dimensions. Closed-form expressions in terms of gauge prepotentials are given for gauge-invariant higher-spin (super) Cotton and (super) Weyl tensors in three and four dimensions, respectively. The higher-spin (super) Weyl tensors are shown to be conformal primary (super)fields in arbitrary conformal (super…
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