Self-dual higher spin theory: Poincaré invariance and new solutions

Abstract

In this paper we study the self-dual higher spin theory in $4d$ recently proposed in arXiv:2209.01966. The typical vacuum of higher spin theories is an empty AdS space-time. We consider solutions of special form: space-time geometry associated with spin $S=2$ field is an AdS, and other fields may have nonzero values, such that the global space-time symmetry of the vacuum is broken to $3d$ Poincaré. We show that the only field possessing this property is a two-parametric scalar vacuum. We also provide a new family of solutions that generalize this scalar vacuum. In addition to the scalar, the family consists of a fermion $S = 1/2$ in the bulk propagating along the radial direction in Poincaré coordinates and trivial fields of all spins. Fields are trivial in the sense that they do not have gauge fields in the bulk and correspond to trivially conserved currents (i.e. constants) on the conformal boundary.