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A New Type of Massive Spin-One Boson: and its Relation with Maxwell Equations

High Energy Physics - Theory 2021-03-25 v1 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

First, we show that in the (1,0)(0,1)(1,0)\oplus(0,1) representation space there exist not one but two theories for charged particles. In the Weinberg construct, the boson and its antiboson carry {\it same} relative intrinsic parity, whereas in our construct the relative intrinsic parities of the boson and its antiboson are {\it opposite}. These results originate from the commutativity of the operations of Charge conjugation and Parity in Weinberg's theory, and from the anti-commutativity of the operations of Charge conjugation and Parity in our theory. We thus claim that we have constructed a first non-trivial quantum theory of fields for the Wigner-type particles. Second, the massless limit of both theories seems formally identical and suggests a fundamental modification of Maxwell equations. At its simplest level, the modification to Maxwell equations enters via additional boundary condition(s).

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9509116,
  title  = {A New Type of Massive Spin-One Boson: and its Relation with Maxwell Equations},
  author = {D. V. Ahluwalia},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9509116},
  year   = {2021}
}

Comments

Invited talk presented at "The Present Status of Quantum Theory of Light: A Symposium to Honour Jean-Pierre Vigier,'' held at York University, Toronto, August 27-30, 1995. 15 pages, latex (crckapb.sty needed)