Published June 15, 1988
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Journal article
Hamiltonian formulation of a gauge-invariant massive spin-3/2 theory
Description
A gauge-invariant theory describing a free massive spin-(3/2 particle, obtained previously by dimensional reduction of a massless theory, is quantized using Dirac's procedure. The quantum theory is shown to be free from negative-norm states despite the absence of constraints obtained from differentiating the Lagrangian equations of motion (i.e., ''secondary constraints''). This is in direct contrast to all other half-integral-spin theories avoiding secondary constraints, which invariably have indefinite metric
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Phys. Rev., D
- Journal Volume
- 37
- Journal Issue
- 12
- Series
- Phys. Rev., D.
- Journal Page Range
- 3543-3547
- ISSN
- 0556-2821
- CODEN
- PRVDA
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 19085382
- Subject category
- S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- DIRAC EQUATION; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; GAUGE INVARIANCE; HAMILTONIANS; LAGRANGIAN FUNCTION; MASS; MASSLESS PARTICLES; METRICS; QUANTIZATION; RARITA-SCHWINGER THEORY; SPIN
- Descriptors DEC
- ANGULAR MOMENTUM; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; EQUATIONS; FIELD EQUATIONS; FUNCTIONS; INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PARTICLE PROPERTIES; QUANTUM OPERATORS; WAVE EQUATIONS