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Rarita-Schwinger field: Dressing procedure and spin-parity of components

Journal Article · · Physics of Atomic Nuclei
A general form of the total nonrenormalized propagator for a massive Rarita-Schwinger field is obtained with allowance for all spin components. The dressing of two opposite-parity Dirac fermions in the presence of mutual transitions is the closest analogy of dressing in the s = 1/2 sector of the Rarita-Schwinger field. A calculation of self-energy contributions confirms that the Rarita-Schwinger field involves, in addition to a leading component of spin s = 3/2, two opposite-parity components of spin s = 1/2.
OSTI ID:
21076092
Journal Information:
Physics of Atomic Nuclei, Journal Name: Physics of Atomic Nuclei Journal Issue: 3 Vol. 69; ISSN 1063-7788; ISSN PANUEO
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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