Gauge and Lorentz transformation placed on the same foundation

DOI10.1155/2011/652126zbMATH Open1238.81139arXiv1006.2039OpenAlexW3102069821WikidataQ58654855 ScholiaQ58654855MaRDI QIDQ666331FDOQ666331

R. Saar, Stefan Groote, I. Ots, H. Liivat

Publication date: 8 March 2012

Published in: Advances in Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In this note we show that a "dynamical" interaction for arbitrary spin can be constructed in a straightforward way if gauge and Lorentz transformations are placed on the same foundation. As Lorentz transformations act on space-time coordinates, gauge transformations are applied to the gauge field. Placing these two transformations on the same ground means that all quantized field like spin-1/2 and spin-3/2 spinors are functions not only of the coordinates but also of the gauge field components. This change of perspective solves a couple of problems occuring for higher spin fields like the loss of causality, bad high-energy properties and the deviation of the gyromagnetic ratio from its constant value g=2 for any spin, as caused by applying the minimal coupling. Starting with a "dynamical" interaction, a non-minimal coupling can be derived which is consistent with causality, the expectation for the gyromagnetic ratio, and well-behaved for high energies. As a consequence, on this stage the (elektromagnetic) gauge field has to be considered as classical field. Therefore, standard quantum field theory cannot be applied. Despite this inconvenience, such a common ground is consistent with an old dream of physicists almost a century ago. Our approach, therefore, indicates a straightforward way to realize this dream.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1006.2039

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of Lie groups to the sciences; explicit representations (22E70) Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in mechanics of particles and systems (70S15) Finite-dimensional groups and algebras motivated by physics and their representations (81R05) Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in quantum field theory (81T13) Covariant wave equations in quantum theory, relativistic quantum mechanics (81R20)

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