Nonlinear Higher-Spin Theory in $O(4,1)$ de Sitter Space

Abstract

Four versions of the higher-spin gauge theory compatible with $O(4,1)$ de Sitter geometry in presence of fermions are proposed. Two of them exhibit the structure of $\mathbb{Z}_2\times \mathbb{Z}_2$ Lie superalgebra proposed originally by one of the authors for the description of de Sitter supergravity \cite{Vasiliev:1985vtv}. Two of the proposed models are unitary in the bosonic sectors in analogy with the recent proposal by Lang and Neiman \cite{Lang:2026inn} and admit a pseudo involution in presence of fermions suggesting possible (anti)unitarity associated either with the time reversal in $dS_4$ or with the space-time doubling.