Published June 23, 1989 | Version v1
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Massive spin-2 bosonic string states in an electromagnetic background

Creators

  • 1. Princeton Univ., NJ (USA). Joseph Henry Labs.
  • 2. Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ (USA)

Description

We derive the field equations and the lagrangian for the spin-2 massive bosonic string states in an abelian electromagnetic background. This construction provides a consistent generalization of the free Fierz-Pauli lagrangian. (orig.)

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physics Letters, (Section) B
Journal Volume
224
Journal Issue
1/2
Series
Phys. Lett., B.
Journal Page Range
89-96
ISSN
0370-2693
CODEN
PYLBA

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
Netherlands
INIS RN
20065046
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Descriptors DEI
BOSONS; COUPLING; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FIELD EQUATIONS; GAUGE INVARIANCE; LAGRANGIAN FUNCTION; MANY-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS; SPACE-TIME; SPIN; STRING MODELS
Descriptors DEC
ANGULAR MOMENTUM; EQUATIONS; EXTENDED PARTICLE MODEL; FUNCTIONS; INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICLE MODELS; PARTICLE PROPERTIES

Optional Information

Contract/Grant/Project number
Grant DE-AC02-76WR03072