Gauge invariant approach to low-spin anomalous conformal currents and shadow fields

Conformal low-spin anomalous currents and shadow fields in flat space-time of dimensions greater than or equal to four are studied. The gauge invariant formulation for such currents and shadow fields is developed. Gauge symmetries are realized by involving Stueckelberg and auxiliary fields. The gauge invariant differential constraints for anomalous currents and shadow fields and the realization of global conformal symmetries are obtained. Gauge invariant two-point vertices for anomalous shadow fields are also obtained. In the Stueckelberg gauge frame, these gauge invariant vertices become the standard two-point vertices of conformal field theory. Light-cone gauge two-point vertices of the anomalous shadow fields are derived. The AdS/CFT correspondence for anomalous currents and shadow fields and the respective normalizable and non-normalizable solutions of massive low-spin anti-de Sitter fields is studied. The bulk fields are considered in a modified de Donder gauge that leads to decoupled equations of motion. We demonstrate that leftover on-shell gauge symmetries of bulk massive fields correspond to gauge symmetries of boundary anomalous currents and shadow fields, while the modified (Lorentz) de Donder gauge conditions for bulk massive fields correspond to differential constraints for boundary anomalous currents and shadow fields.