Helicity wave functions for massless and massive spin-2 particles

Journal Article · Sun Dec 15 04:00:00 EST 1991 · Physical Review, D (Particles Fields); (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.44.3990· OSTI ID:6092523

Spehler, D ^[1]; Novaes, S F ^[2]

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1. Instituto de Fisica Teorica, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Rua Pamplona 145, 01405 Sao Paulo (Brazil) Universite Louis Pasteur, Institut Universitaire de Technologie, 3 rue St. Paul, 67300 Strasbourg (France)
2. Instituto de Fisica Teorica, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Rua Pamplona 145, 01405 Sao Paulo (Brazil)

Starting from general properties of a spin-2 field, we construct helicity wave functions in the framework of the Weyl--van der Waerden spinor formalism. We discuss here the cases of massless and massive spin-2 particles.

• OSTI ID: 6092523
• Journal Information: Physical Review, D (Particles Fields); (United States), Journal Name: Physical Review, D (Particles Fields); (United States) Vol. 44:12; ISSN PRVDA; ISSN 0556-2821
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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