Conformal invariance of massless Duffin–Kemmer–Petiau theory in Riemannian spacetimes

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/22/14/017zbMATH Open1129.81336arXivgr-qc/0311042OpenAlexW2077821595WikidataQ115293959 ScholiaQ115293959MaRDI QIDQ5315917FDOQ5315917

Rodolfo Casana, B. M. Pimentel, R. G. Teixeira, José T. Lunardi

Publication date: 12 September 2005

Published in: Classical and Quantum Gravity (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We investigate the conformal invariance of massless Duffin-Kemmer-Petiau theory coupled to riemannian space-times. We show that, as usual, in the minimal coupling procedure only the spin 1 sector of the theory -which corresponds to the electromagnetic field- is conformally invariant. We show also that the conformal invariance of the spin 0 sector can be naturally achieved by introducing a compensating term in the lagrangian. Such a procedure -besides not modifying the spin 1 sector- leads to the well-known conformal coupling between the scalar curvature and the massless Klein-Gordon-Fock field. Going beyond the riemannian spacetimes, we briefly discuss the effects of a nonvanishing torsion in the scalar case.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0311042

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) Covariant wave equations in quantum theory, relativistic quantum mechanics (81R20)

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