ELECTROMAGNETIC PROPERTIES OF A CHARGED VECTOR MESON

Technical Report · Thu Oct 12 04:00:00 EDT 1961

OSTI ID:4748884

Young, J A; Bludmen, A

A systematic study was made of the electromagnetic properties of charged vector mesons. The various formalisms used to describe charged particles of spin 1 were compared, and a first-order formulation of the Stuckelberg theory was developed. For the most general first-order Proca Lagrangian, subject to the usual symmetry requirements the redundant components were eliminated to obtain a Hamiltonian formulation. The theory was interpreted in the nonrelativistic limit, and the terms corresponding to spin-orbit coupling and electric quadrupole- moment interaction were identified. The analogy to spin 1/2 theory led to the consideration of classical spin equations of motion which agree with the quantum mechanical equations to order m/sup -2/. This general form for the electromagnetic interaction was applied to a recalculation of the mu yields e + gamma decay rate through a vector meson intermediary. It was concluded that the absence of this process is not necessarily an argument against the existence of an intermediary meson in weak interactions. (auth)

• Research Organization: California. Univ., Berkeley. Lawrence Radiation Lab.
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• NSA Number: NSA-17-006961
• OSTI ID: 4748884
• Report Number(s): UCRL-9889
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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