On the Velo–Zwanziger phenomenon

DOI10.1088/0305-4470/36/31/306MaRDI QIDQ4451231zbMATHOpenAlexFDO

Authors J. Frauendiener

Publication date 23 February 2004

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

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

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)

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.

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