nLab Xavier Bekaert

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Selected writings

On the dual graviton:

• Xavier Bekaert, Nicolas Boulanger, Marc Henneaux: Consistent deformations of dual formulations of linearized gravity: A no-go result, Phys. Rev. D 67 (2003) 044010 [arXiv:hep-th/0210278, doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.67.044010]

On the coupling constant of higher-dimensional Maxwell-Chern-Simons theories:

• Xavier Bekaert, Andres Gomberoff: Quantization of the Chern-Simons Coupling Constant, JHEP 0301 (2003) 054 [doi:10.1088/1126-6708/2003/01/054, arXiv:hep-th/0212099]

Making more explicit the relation of higher spin gauge theory to Chevalley-Eilenberg algebras (physics jargon: “FDA”s) of $L_\infty$-algebras – under the name unfolded formalism:

• Xavier Bekaert, S. Cnockaert, Carlo Iazeolla, Mikhail A. Vasiliev: Nonlinear higher spin theories in various dimensions, in Higher spin gauge theories: Proceedings, 1st Solvay Workshop: Brussels, Belgium, 12-14 May, 2004 [arXiv:hep-th/0503128, inSpire]

On fields on de Sitter spacetime via the representation theory of the de Sitter group:

• Thomas Basile, Xavier Bekaert: Nicolas Boulanger: Mixed-symmetry fields in de Sitter space: a group theoretical glance, J. High Energ. Phys. 2017 81 (2017) [arXiv:1612.08166]

On Lie algebroids (motivated by higher spin gauge theory):

• Xavier Bekaert, Geometric tool kit for higher spin gravity (part II): An introduction to Lie algebroids and their enveloping algebras [arXiv:2308.00724]

On irreducible representations of the BMS group:

• Xavier Bekaert, Laura Donnay, Yannick Herfray: BMS particles [arXiv:2412.06002]

On the BMS group:

• Xavier Bekaert, Yannick Herfray, Lea Mele, Noémie Parrini: A geometrical invitation to BMS group theory [arXiv:2602.12965]

Related entries

• self-dual higher gauge theory

• dual graviton

• higher spin gauge theory

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