WAVE EQUATION FOR A MASSLESS PARTICLE WITH ARBITRARY SPIN
Journal Article
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· Physical Review (U.S.) Superseded in part by Phys. Rev. A, Phys. Rev. B: Solid State, Phys. Rev. C, and Phys. Rev. D
A wave equation for a noninteracting particle with zero mass and arbitrary spins is given in this paper. The Hamiltonian is proportional to the inner product of the momentum and spin operators so that the wave function has 2s + 1 components. As an auxiliary condition, solutions with spins not parallel or antiparallel to the momentum are discarded. With this condition the theory is Lorentz-covariant. The energy, momentum, and angular momentum are defined in terms of expected values of the usual type of displacement operator. The specialization s = 1/2 is the two-component neutrino theory and s = 1 gives Maxwell' s equations for the photon. (auth)
- Research Organization:
- Iowa State Coll., Ames
- NSA Number:
- NSA-12-003421
- OSTI ID:
- 4342204
- Journal Information:
- Physical Review (U.S.) Superseded in part by Phys. Rev. A, Phys. Rev. B: Solid State, Phys. Rev. C, and Phys. Rev. D, Journal Name: Physical Review (U.S.) Superseded in part by Phys. Rev. A, Phys. Rev. B: Solid State, Phys. Rev. C, and Phys. Rev. D Vol. Vol: 108; ISSN PHRVA
- Country of Publication:
- Country unknown/Code not available
- Language:
- English
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