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Topologically Massive Spin-1 Particles and Spin-Dependent Potentials

High Energy Physics - Theory 2016-07-26 v2

Abstract

We investigate the role played by particular field representations of an intermediate massive spin-1 boson in the context of spin-dependent interparticle potentials between fermionic sources in the limit of low momentum transfer. The comparison between the well-known case of the Proca field and that of an exchanged spin-1 boson (with gauge-invariant mass) described by a 2-form potential mixed with a 4-vector gauge field is established in order to pursue an analysis of spin- as well as velocity-dependent profiles of the interparticle potentials. We discuss possible applications and derive an upper bound on the product of vector and pseudo-tensor coupling constants.

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@article{arxiv.1411.3991,
  title  = {Topologically Massive Spin-1 Particles and Spin-Dependent Potentials},
  author = {F. A. Gomes Ferreira and P. C. Malta and L. P. R. Ospedal and J. A. Helayël-Neto},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1411.3991},
  year   = {2016}
}

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23 pages, 2 figures

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