Relativistic wave equations for antisymmetric tensor gauge fields

Journal Article · Wed Apr 15 04:00:00 EST 1981 · Phys. Rev., D; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.23.1752· OSTI ID:6533931

Aurilia, A; Takahashi, Y

Relativistic wave equations for totally skew-symmetric tensor gauge fields are regarded as generalized Maxwell equations. The spin content is determined for both the massive and massless case. In particular, we find that an antisymmetric tensor gauge field A/sub mnp/(x) represents a cosmological constant when massless while in the massive case it describes a spinless particle without violating the gauge invariance. This phenomenon is interpreted as a generalized Higgs mechanism.

• Research Organization: Theoretical Physics Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2J1
• OSTI ID: 6533931
• Journal Information: Phys. Rev., D; (United States), Journal Name: Phys. Rev., D; (United States) Vol. 23:8; ISSN PRVDA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
ANGULAR MOMENTUM
BOSONS
COSMOLOGICAL MODELS
DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
ENERGY-MOMENTUM TENSOR
EQUATIONS
FIELD THEORIES
GAUGE INVARIANCE
GENERAL RELATIVITY THEORY
GLUONS
GRAVITATIONAL FIELDS
HIGGS BOSONS
INTERMEDIATE BOSONS
INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
MAXWELL EQUATIONS
PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
PARTICLE PROPERTIES
POSTULATED PARTICLES
QUANTUM CHROMODYNAMICS
QUANTUM FIELD THEORY
QUARKS
RELATIVITY THEORY
SPACE-TIME
SPIN
SUPERSYMMETRY
SYMMETRY
SYMMETRY BREAKING
TENSOR FORCES
TENSORS
WAVE EQUATIONS