A new type of massive spin-one boson: And its relation with Maxwell equations
First, the author showed that in the (1, 0) {circle_plus} (0, 1) representation space there exist not one but two theories for charged particles. In the Weinberg construct, the boson and its antiboson carry same relative intrinsic parity, whereas in the author`s construct the relative intrinsic parities of the boson and its antiboson are opposite. These results originate from the commutativity of the operations of Charge conjugation and Parity in Weinberg`s theory, and from the anti-commutativity of the operations of Charge conjugation and Parity in the author`s theory. The author thus claims that he has constructed a first non-trivial quantum theory of fields for the Wigner-type particles. Second, the massless limit of both theories seems formally identical and suggests a fundamental modification of Maxwell equations. At its simplest level, the modification to Maxwell equations enters via additional boundary condition(s).
- Research Organization:
- Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-36
- OSTI ID:
- 119973
- Report Number(s):
- LA-UR-95-3306; CONF-9508171-2; ON: DE96001391; TRN: 95:024441
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: The present status of the quantum theory of light: a symposium to honor Jean-Piere Vigier, Toronto (Canada), 27-30 Aug 1995; Other Information: PBD: [1995]
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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