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We present an alternative method of exploring the component structure of an arbitrary super-helicity (integer Y = s, or half odd integer Y = s+1/2 for any integer s) irreducible representation of the Super-Poincaré group. We use it to derive the component action and the SUSY transformation laws. The effectiveness of this approach is based on the equations of motion and their properties, like the Bianchi identities. These equations are generated by the superspace action when it is expressed in terms of prepotentials. For that reason we reproduce the superspace action for arbitrary superhelicity, using unconstrained superfields. The appropriate, to use, superfields are dictated by the representation theory of the group and the requirement that there is a smooth limit between the massive and massless case.
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Gates, S.J., Koutrolikos, K. On 4D, \( \mathcal{N} \) =1 massless gauge superfields of arbitrary superhelicity. J. High Energ. Phys. 2014, 98 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP06(2014)098
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