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<p>Previously, we showed that massless scalar point particles cannot propagate on classical backgrounds of chiral higher-spin theories. This conclusion was derived from the analysis of the light-cone consistency conditions occurring at the second order in interactions. In the present paper, we extend this result to the case of massive particles, showing that these cannot propagate on chiral higher-spin backgrounds either. In order to do that, we use a different and more direct approach, which does not rely on special simplifications occurring for massless particles. Namely, we solve the light-cone consistency conditions at the given order in complete generality and then show that all the Hamiltonians found are inevitably non-local. We emphasise connections between the resulting procedure and the on-shell methods applied to worldline scattering observables.</p>

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Inconsistency of point-particle dynamics on higher-spin backgrounds: massive particles

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    2025年8月25日

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  • Vyacheslav Ivanovskiy,
  • Dmitry Ponomarev

摘要

Previously, we showed that massless scalar point particles cannot propagate on classical backgrounds of chiral higher-spin theories. This conclusion was derived from the analysis of the light-cone consistency conditions occurring at the second order in interactions. In the present paper, we extend this result to the case of massive particles, showing that these cannot propagate on chiral higher-spin backgrounds either. In order to do that, we use a different and more direct approach, which does not rely on special simplifications occurring for massless particles. Namely, we solve the light-cone consistency conditions at the given order in complete generality and then show that all the Hamiltonians found are inevitably non-local. We emphasise connections between the resulting procedure and the on-shell methods applied to worldline scattering observables.