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Spin-one wave equation

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In this paper a manifestly covariant wave equation for a spin one particle is given in which the wave function has six components. The thirty-six bilinear covariants are exhibited. Formulas for the threevector, four-vector, and antisymmetric tensor polarization operators are given which are valid for any spin. The connections with other spin-one formalisms are shown.

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In questo articolo si dà un’equazione d’onda manifestamente covariante per una particella con spin 1, in oui la funzione d’onda ha sei componenti. Si scrivono i trentasei covarianti bilineari. Si dànno le formule degli operatori di polarizzazione del trivettore, del quadrivettore e del tensore antisimmetrico, che sono valide per qualunque spin. Si mostrano le relazioni con altri formalismi valide per spin uno.

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  1. Institute for Atomic Research and Department, Physics Iowa State University, Ames, Ia.

    A. Sankaranarayanan & R. H. Good

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  1. A. Sankaranarayanan
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This research was done in the Ames Laboratory of the U. S. Atomic Energy Commission. Contribution no. 1597.

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Sankaranarayanan, A., Good, R.H. Spin-one wave equation. Nuovo Cim 36, 1303–1315 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02750706

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