# Coleman–Mandula theorem and Ward Identity

I was reading a paper on Coleman–Mandula theorem and Ward Identity [The Coleman-Mandula Theorem by Sascha Leonhardt]1, where I saw it says that-

Let a higher spin current $$\hat{B}_{\mu\nu}$$ is non commuting with Poincare generator $$\hat{p}_\mu$$; $$[\hat{B}_{\mu\nu},\hat{p}_\mu]\neq 0$$. From this we mean $$\hat{B}_{\mu\nu}$$ is neither a generator of Poincare symmetry nor a linear combination of four momentum operator $$\hat{p}_\mu$$. (From here, we have a feeling it generates internal symmetry). So, from its symmetry and tracelessness we can say that, $$\left\propto p_\mu p_\nu-\frac{1}{4}\eta_{\mu\nu}p^2$$

Now I can not understand the following things,

1. What is the significance of this term- higher spin current? [I saw somewhere on the internet that higher spin current corresponds to free theory, but how?]
2. From the relation $$[\hat{B}_{\mu\nu},\hat{p}_\mu]\neq 0$$, how can we identify that $$\hat{B}_{\mu\nu}$$ is neither a generator of Poincare symmetry nor a linear combination of four momentum operator $$\hat{p}_\mu$$?
3. From the symmetry and tracelessness How can we say that, $$\left\propto p_\mu p_\nu-\frac{1}{4}\eta_{\mu\nu}p^2$$
4. If $$\hat{B}_{\mu\nu}\propto \hat{p}_\mu \hat{p}_\nu-\frac{1}{4}\eta_{\mu\nu}\hat{p}^2$$, then how can the ward identity, that is $$\hat{p}^\mu \hat{p}^\nu \hat{B}_{\mu\nu}=0$$, be proved?
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