Helicity wave functions for massless and massive spin-2 particles

Starting from general properties of a spin-2 field, we construct helicity wave functions in the framework of the Weyl--van der Waerden spinor formalism. We discuss here the cases of massless and massive spin-2 particles.

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Published in:	Physical review. D, Particles and fields Vol. 44; no. 12; pp. 3990 - 3993
Main Authors:	SPEHLER, D, NOVAES, S. F
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Ridge, NY American Physical Society 15-12-1991
Subjects:	661100 - Classical & Quantum Mechanics- (1992-) ANGULAR MOMENTUM BOSONS CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS ELEMENTARY PARTICLES EQUATIONS Exact sciences and technology FUNCTIONS GAUGE INVARIANCE General relativity and gravitation Gravitational waves: theory HELICITY INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES KLEIN-GORDON EQUATION LORENTZ INVARIANCE MASSLESS PARTICLES PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS PARTICLE PROPERTIES Physics POLARIZATION SCALAR FIELDS SPIN SPINORS TENSOR FORCES VECTOR FIELDS WAVE EQUATIONS WAVE FUNCTIONS Boson Spin 2 particle Wave function SL(2,C) group Massive particle Klein Gordon equation Helicity Spinor field
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Summary:	Starting from general properties of a spin-2 field, we construct helicity wave functions in the framework of the Weyl--van der Waerden spinor formalism. We discuss here the cases of massless and massive spin-2 particles.
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ISSN:	0556-2821 1089-4918
DOI:	10.1103/PhysRevD.44.3990