On the Velo–Zwanziger phenomenon

DOI10.1088/0305-4470/36/31/306zbMATH Open1037.81075arXivmath-ph/0207033OpenAlexW3101602193MaRDI QIDQ4451231FDOQ4451231

Authors: J. Frauendiener 

Publication date: 23 February 2004

Published in: Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The Rarita-Schwinger equation in a curved background and an external electromagnetic field is discussed. We analyse the equation in the 2-component spinor formalism and derive Buchdahl conditions for them. The result is that the equation can consistently be imposed only on Einstein manifolds with vanishing electromagnetic field.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math-ph/0207033

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zbMATH Keywords

curved backgroundexternal electromagnetic fieldRarita-Schwinger equation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum field theory on curved space or space-time backgrounds (81T20) Methods of quantum field theory in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C47)

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