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arxiv: 0805.1346 · v3 · pith:CX7WTMYTnew · submitted 2008-05-09 · ✦ hep-th

Gauge Invariant Lagrangians for Free and Interacting Higher Spin Fields. A Review of the BRST formulation

A. Fotopoulos , M. Tsulaia This is my paper
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We give a detailed review of the construction of gauge invariant Lagrangians for free and interacting higher spin fields using the BRST approach developed over the past few years.

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