Spin raising and lowering operators for Rarita-Schwinger fields

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AÇIK Ö., Ertem U.

PHYSICAL REVIEW D, cilt.98, sa.6, 2018 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 98 Sayı: 6
  • Basım Tarihi: 2018
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1103/physrevd.98.066004
  • Dergi Adı: PHYSICAL REVIEW D
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • TED Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Spin raising and lowering operators for massless field equations constructed from twistor spinors are considered. Solutions of the spin-3/2 massless Rarita-Schwinger equation from source-free Maxwell fields and twistor spinors are constructed. It is shown that this construction requires Ricci-flat backgrounds due to the gauge invariance of the massless Rarita-Schwinger equation. Constraints to construct spin raising and lowering operators for Rarita-Schwinger fields are found. Symmetry operators for Rarita-Schwinger fields via twistor spinors are obtained.