A no-go theorem for the consistent quantization of spin-\(3/2\) fields on general curved spacetimes

DOI10.1016/j.physletb.2012.11.033zbMath1372.81125arXiv1106.6327OpenAlexW2085487153MaRDI QIDQ2410331

Mathias Makedonski, Thomas-Paul Hack

Publication date: 17 October 2017

Published in: Physics Letters. B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1106.6327

zbMATH Keywords

causalityunitarityhigher spin fieldsRarita-Schwinger equationquantum field theory in curved spacetimesspin \(\frac{3}{2}\)

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum field theory on curved space or space-time backgrounds (81T20) Quantization in field theory; cohomological methods (81T70)

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