Published July 2015
| Version v1
Journal article
Lagrangian formulation of massive fermionic higher spin fields on a constant electromagnetic background
- 1. National Research Tomsk State University (Russian Federation)
- 2. Department of Theoretical Physics, Tomsk State Pedagogical University, Tomsk, 634061 (Russian Federation)
- 3. Laboratory of Mathematical Physics, Tomsk Polytechnic University, Tomsk, 634050 (Russian Federation)
- 4. Faculty of Education Science, Technology and Mathematics, University of Canberra, Bruce ACT 2617 (Australia)
Description
We consider massive half-integer higher spin fields coupled to an external constant electromagnetic field in flat space of an arbitrary dimension and construct a gauge invariant Lagrangian in the linear approximation in the external field. A procedure for finding the gauge-invariant Lagrangians is based on the BRST construction where no off-shell constraints on the fields and on the gauge parameters are imposed from the very beginning. As an example of the general procedure, we derive a gauge invariant Lagrangian for a massive fermionic field with spin 3/2 which contains a set of auxiliary fields and gauge symmetries
Availability note (English)
Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2015.04.008Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2015.04.008;
- arXiv
- arXiv:1501.03278v1;
- PII
- S0550-3213(15)00132-7;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Nuclear Physics. B
- Journal Volume
- 896
- Journal Page Range
- p. 1-18
- ISSN
- 0550-3213
- CODEN
- NUPBBO
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Netherlands
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 47034471
- Subject category
- S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
- Descriptors DEI
- APPROXIMATIONS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FERMIONS; GAUGE INVARIANCE; LAGRANGIAN FUNCTION; LIMITING VALUES; SPIN
- Descriptors DEC
- ANGULAR MOMENTUM; CALCULATION METHODS; FUNCTIONS; INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES; PARTICLE PROPERTIES
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- Copyright
- Copyright (c) 2015 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.