SPIN-2 fields and helicity

DOI10.1007/S10701-012-9670-8MaRDI QIDQ1929316zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors H. I. Arcos, C. S. O. Mayor, Giovanni Otalora, J. G. Pereira

Publication date 7 January 2013

Published in Foundations of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1110.3288

zbMATH Keywords

helicitygravitational couplingSpin-2 field

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Spinor and twistor methods applied to problems in quantum theory (81R25) Gravitational interaction in quantum theory (81V17) Special relativity (83A05)

Abstract: By considering the irreducible representations of the Lorentz group, an analysis of the different spin-2 waves is presented. In particular, the question of the helicity is discussed. It is concluded that, although from the point of view of representation theory there are no compelling reasons to choose between spin-2 waves with helicity = + - 1 or helicity = + - 2, consistency arguments of the ensuing field theories favor waves with helicity = + - 1.

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