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Massless spin-2 fields via lower spins

High Energy Physics - Theory 2020-08-25 v1 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

Solutions of massless spin-2 field equations are written in terms of massless spin-32\frac{3}{2} Rarita-Schwinger fields and twistor spinors. It is shown that the proposed massless spin-2 fields satisfy the tracelessness and divergencelessness conditions and are in the kernel of the Laplace-Beltrami operator. A spin lowering procedure for special cases and a symmetry operator for massless spin-2 fields are also obtained. Description of massless spin-2 fields in terms of lower spin fields are found.

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@article{arxiv.2008.10319,
  title  = {Massless spin-2 fields via lower spins},
  author = {Özgür Açık and Ümit Ertem},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2008.10319},
  year   = {2020}
}

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13 pages

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