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.2015.04.008

Additional 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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